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RE: [RC] New Horse Goals - Bob MorrisI find that I must be getting old and senile. When we started out in endurance we did not have the opportunity for all the current advances a in veterinary medicine, feed programs, saddle technology, mentors, "how-to" articles in all the publications. We started out by learning basic horse husbandry. How to take care of the horse, how to ride the horse and we put in many hundreds of hours learning. Then because no one would ride those distances and hours with us we turned to endurance. We were top ten in half our rides the first year and never looked back. But we had done our home work. Something that I do not believe is being done by most riders now. After about three wears we dropped the old western saddles and Arlene had a saddle made by Gary McClintock. Well, that sandaled has over 15,000 competition miles on it and some place around 50,000 training miles as well. Still serves her well. I has had new fenders once and new sheepskin once but it is still going strong. Never had a sore back at any time or on any horse. I believe that much of the saddle problems are more rider problems. Picture perfect riding style is not necessarily good riding style. I all depends on the horse and the terrain. If people would just "do their home work" they would have better success. Bob Bob Morris Morris Endurance Enterprises Boise, ID -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of David LeBlanc Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:01 AM To: 'Heidi Smith'; 'Jim & Drin Becker'; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: rides2far@xxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [RC] New Horse Goals Heidi Smith said: Third, without having a look at my PNER handbook, I think the PNER "Horse of the Future" award is for second year horses--and that is appropriate, because IMO, a first year horse shouldn't be taken out with the frequency that racking up the completions implies. But for a second year horse, to put the emphasis on consecutive completions instead of speed is a good thing. After a second year of more miles, then in the third year it is time to speed up. ----------------- Having taken out my handbook, it is for a first-year horse that has never done any LD or endurance, and it is for the most 50-mile+ rides consecutively completed within a season. Last year, the horse than won did 9 rides - fairly slow. While I'm not at all criticising last year's winner, I don't agree with the award in general because I don't think it's a smart thing to encourage people to put a new horse in a lot of rides the first year. There is a sophmore horse award that's the same thing but for 2nd year horses, and I don't have any problem with that one. BTW, in terms of setting goals, I try to take it one ride at a time. It can be a long season, and things could go better than you expect, or worse. I do try and draw up a plan for the year, but know that I'll probably have to adjust. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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