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RE: [RC] New Rider Proposals - TeriMy personal feelings and I have ridden in the Midwest, in Texas and California and now in Florida. Florida weather is the hardest to ride in. WHY! Because of the natural elements. HEAT, HUMIDITY and DEEP SAND....... Here is my thinking and maybe, Truman you might have stats on this, are there more lameness pulls in the west due to the rocky terrain than there is in the southeast. And because of the heat, humidity and DEEEEEEEP sand wouldn't their be more metabolic pulls than in the west. I would like to see stats on this subject. I am very curious. Teri Hunter -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Lauren/Gary Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 7:27 PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] New Rider Proposals From: "Lauren/Gary" <db8ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Truman Prevatt" <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [RC] New Rider Proposals You're right Truman, I have never had a horse treated and pray to God (or whoever) that I never do. It could happen at any time and I am VERY aware of that. As a "novice" endurance rider I personally resent that other novice riders are trying to shove news rules down our throats. If the HWC feels that changing/adding some new criteria will indeed help save horses, I am all for it. But, the bottom line comes down to the rider's judgment of just how his horse is doing. Howard (and like I said, I do enjoy some of his stories....I am not a member of the I hate Howard club) for all his passion about this subject, is grasping at straws and until the HWC or the vets can actually define reasons for horses dying, it's a case of make more rules and more rules and change the intent of the sport. I have personal friends that have ridden over 8,000 and even over 18,000 endurance miles with no metabolic treatment, one of them being a consistent front runner and BC. I grant you that there is some amount of luck involved but it also proves that it can be done. And, what accounts for the multi day rides and XP rides success rate?? MOST of it comes down to the rider's judgment or lack of that gets a horse into trouble. I "picked on" Howard merely because he is the loudest voice on ridecamp about this issue and I don't think he (or anyone else with so few miles, myself included) should be the new kid in school and be given the credibility that "old time true endurance riders" should have.Lauren Double 8 Ranch Cody, WY =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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