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Same thing happened to my daughter and I at the Comstock ride on a 25.  This 
gal on a Paint mare decided to ride piggy back on my horses rear end most of 
the ride.  I asked her repeatedly to BACK OFF, we sped up, slowed down, and 
even got off the trail trying to ditch her.  That kind of a rider puts 
everyone in a dangerous situation!  My gelding had been a stallion of 17 or 
his 19 years and was extremely threated by this riders behavior.  After 
being followed into the first Vet check I didn't care if my horse nailed her 
or not! Thank God the Vet held her in the hold and we rode off without her, 
but she ruined most of the ride for us.








> From: Mel Sherman <entirelyrisky@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [RC]   Kicking on the trail (was "Stallions")
> Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 10:04:55 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Sharon--don't feel alone :-) I had a rider a few years ago complain to the 
> RM that my horse had kicked at hers on the trail, and I didn't have a 
> ribbon on him...what she left out was that she had REPEATEDLY bounced her 
> horse off my horse's backside--literally-- in an attempt to slow herself 
> down...and refused to pass, even when I pulled completely off the trail and 
> strongly suggested she continue in FRONT of me, not behind me...about the 
> 5th or 6th time her horse ran into mine, my horse gave him a little warning 
> swat with one hind...didn't even connect...
>
> sharon1359@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:Being somewhat new to competitive distance 
> riding, I always thought red ribbons
> in the tail meant "this horse will definitely kick, if you ride right up 
> her
> butt." I found out last weekend that this definition isn't necessarily 
> correct!
>
> I was riding diagonally behind a horse with a red ribbon. I was staying 
> back
> at what I considered to be a good bit - 1 or 2 horse-lengths behind, and 
> off to
> her right a bit. That mare actually WENT for my horse. She threw her butt
> over, slowed down, and actually went out of her way to try to kick Zephyr 
> (who
> was minding his own business). She missed, thank goodness, but it wasn't 
> for
> lack of trying.
>
> I learned a new respect for red ribbons! From now on, I will never ride 
> within
> 3-4 lengths of a red-ribboned horse.
>
> I'll stick to my 1-2 lengths for non-ribboned horses... Zephyr doesn't wear 
> a
> red ribbon because he doesn't normally kick, but last weekend when a horse 
> came
> right up behind him (half a length) and another beside him (1-2 feet away), 
> he
> sure felt threatened! If he was ever going to kick, that would have been 
> it.
> I immediately spoke to the other riders, and they seemed a bit confused at 
> my
> request. I thought it was a reasonable request, personally. *sigh*
>
> -Sharon K. & Zephyr's Elegant Gift
>
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