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Heidi -

Thank you for this....I've always felt that pulls should not be seen as 
failures, but rather astute riders and vets working together to make sure the 
horses are safe.  I've hated the "stygma" type attitude seen here on ride camp, 
as in "you only have an XXX completion rate".  I wonder how many horses have 
been pushed beyond their capability, not to win, but just to avoid a pull.

Not to say that pulls are not significant...I am always relieved when I pull my 
horse early and they then feel great that evening or the next day, but every 
pull then makes me back up and say, OK, what am I doing wrong or is this horse 
really cut out for endurance.  In themselves, pulls can be a chance to 
reevaluate what you're doing, but shouldn't be an embarassment.  

Barb McGann

-----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Heidi Smith
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 9:37 AM
To: steph@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; rides2far@xxxxxxxx
Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC] another proposal

We need to quit thinking of pulls as failures, and instead think of any pull
that returns a healthy horse to the trail at a later date as a Good Pull.

Heidi


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