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I kind of like the idea of cooperation, especially when I'm the one 
being cooperated WITH.  When I'm riding with my loony race-crazy mare, 
it's a constant dialogue and discussion....but I prefer to be the one 
listened to.  Maybe submission is correct but I like the sounds of 
other words better. <G>

Maryanne

On Friday, Oct 31, 2003, at 14:49 Africa/Cairo, Layla wrote:

> Well said Maryanne.  I couldn't agree with you more, especially with 
> your visual of the hats-blown-off racing experience!  But would you 
> agree that we should be looking for submission rather than control?  
> This too is a fine line, but you might agree that submission involves 
> more partnership than control.
>
> Sorry if I'm being too pedantic, but thought this distinction was 
> worth mentioning.
>
> Wishing you many more miles of racing through the desert... :)
> Layla.
> MW, USA wishing I were racing through the high deserts in Iran.
>
> msgabbani@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > But I think that most of us can remember at least one hats-blown-off, 
> > hair-flying, the devil take the hindmost race in our lives for no 
> > other reason than the joy of the sun on our faces and a happy horse 
> > beating down a trail trying to beat its own shadow.  That will not 
> > ever go away, nor should it.  There has to be a balance.  As the 
> > rider of a mare with more speed than sense, I'm constantly having to 
> > be the controller, the bad guy, and I have to admit that I hate it.  
> > I'd rather run too...but someone here has to have a brain.
> >
> > The thing that I see from the discussion is that many of us 
> > understand the role of controller and we want other people to 
> > understand as well.  Even more important is keeping people from 
> > pushing tired horses beyond their limits.  Ultimately you will never 
> > remove all the risk...can't happen...and if it does, then there is no 
> > fun anymore.  Let's face it, the fun is in facing the risk, 
> > recognising it, and finessing our way past safely.  We can to it at 
> > any gait, at any distance, but that's what it's all about.
> >
> > Maryanne
> > Cairo


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