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  When I trailride in  the fall/winter, and ride alone I usually have Blaze 
Orange on my horse (I cut strips from a vest and then later bought some and 
put velcro on it and  made 'tubes" for my breastplate.Also made orange 
'ears' for his head:occasionally bells, and have reflector strips on my 
stirrups, I had been thinking of hunters, but this makes me think that Blaze 
Orange, NIghtglow Biothane, Reflector strips and bells might have another 
purpose--if you got separated Especially in the fall ,if you ride bay horses 
in hunting terrrirory.
  This story is so sad. They are hiding I guess for protection.Odd ,you'd 
think they'd come out for other horses, like when any horses ride by my 
fence they are whinney and go running to see.
Course, most  horses are afraid of 4 wheelers and helicopters. Even though 
mine hear and see them alot, they 'move' away from them.    Maybe the owner 
searching is the only one they will respond too in a stressed situation.



> From: Ridecamp Moderator <ridecamp-moderator@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [RC]   [Guest] Zoom Zoom & Lost Horses
> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 22:25:10 -0700
>
> Jeanne Pepper pepperja@xxxxxxxxx
> This story hits so close to home.My horse"Ali" and I parted ways at Wine 
> Country last year,3 miles from the last vet check & 14 miles from the 
> finish line.We'd been having our typical disagreement over rate of speed 
> and he saw his chanch while I tried to splash water on him at a stream 
> crossing.Off he went,tail up & over his back at a full gallope.It took me 
> an hour to walk to the vet check where folks waited on ATVs & motorcycles 
> to search but no one spotted him and though many searched on horseback also 
> he wasn't found and I spent the most awful nite of my horse-owning years 
> waiting for first lite to start the search again.He was finally spotted by 
> airplane and his whereabouts phoned in to a search party of 7 (myself on a 
> borrowed horse finally able to search also).We rode to the area but even 
> with all these horses and people calling his name he never came out of his 
> hiding spot untill I actually jumped off the horse I was on and ran towards 
> him calling his name.He was hiding on a steep hillside,under thick cover 
> and I really feel would not have come out if I hadn't been there.He is not 
> a herd bound horse,doesn't really care if other horses are around or not so 
> just having other horses near by didn't make him show himself.But when he 
> saw me he ran down that hill,whinying,and shoved his head into my chest.He 
> didn't have a mark on him,reins still in place over his neck,so I knew he 
> hadn't tried to roll(a favorite pastime & what had me really worried 
> because he was wearing un-breakable biothane & nylon tack).I was SOOOO 
> happy to see him and he appeared equally happy to see me.Could have ended 
> so much worse.My point...they don't always act the way we think they will.I 
> know of other lost horses who also appeared to hide from the people 
> searching for them.I feel so sorry for Becky & Zoom Zoom.As much as we 
> think we know them,they remain mysteries.Oh yeh,I NEVER let go of Ali's 
> reins no matter what now!And thanks again to all of you who helped me find 
> him.
>
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