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Well when your horse is amongst 50 or more of his closest friends he may 
tend to get a little high spirited even if that's not his normal nature 
:) Starting at the back or after the group helps but your horse 
still knows that the entire camp just went That Away.

If you've done your homework (and it sounds like you have), your horse 
will likely do fine. Just 
remember that that they are herd animals; they come to a ride and 
become part of big new herd. Everyone's fit and excited on ride 
morning 
compounded by all the riders being a bit excited; then all at once the 
herd starts moving in the same direction, in some cases at a high rate of 
speed. If you keep this in mind you won't be so shocked when your horse 
acts a bit different at the start of ride than at home.

Tina

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Diane wrote:

> I Can see this happening with some high spirited horses,
<snip>
>   He is a Arab, & has acted up but, is punished by either backing
> or doing small circles. Do endurance horses end up being
> out of control on rides? I want to be in control! If he gets upset
> to bad. I would not want to risk him getting injured by not being 
> in control. 
>                           Sincerely, Diane & Brazz 
>  

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