Wow. Educational? Nooo. Enlightening? Nooo. What
was your point? What ride were you at?? What on earth made you write
this???
I ride 50's. I run. As a matter of fact, I did a
1/2 marathon the weekend before my last ride. I try to tie down the boobs. For
my sake, more than my horse's. My horses heart rates are rarely higher than
64 in the PR area, (except Loony Lance) we don't rush at the vet checks and
they are always eager to get into the trailer for the next ride.
Golly, get a grip. Your eyes may have been
opened, but your mind was sealed shut. Sometimes the vet watches the horse trot
more than once to try and determine WHERE the horse is lame. It is obviously
lame, but WHERE is sometimes a big question. Didn't you ask? How else are you
gonna learn?
Do you really think our horses mind our weight so
much? How come they don't mind STUPID riders?? If I was a horse, I think I
would much prefer a kind, overweight rider, than a skinny, ignorant one. Don't
you? You're not trying to be mean? What, are you kidding me? I don't think your
second paragraph could have been any more rude.
Send flames to Howard? Even panty man doesn't get
that ugly. Well, at least not for a long time now, anyway.
Geez, what is it, the snow, the cold weather, dues
renewal time that is making grouchy posters? Everybody has to have a rebuttal,
tell someone that they don't know what they are reading, growl or just get
plain u-g-l-y.
Ohhhh, it must be the Holiday Season. Peace
on earth and all that crap.
What is it that drives a person to do a 50 or 100
mile ride on an animal they say they love? Do they think the horse
enjoys it? I volunteered at a ride this weekend, and believe me, none of
the horses appeared to enjoy it! And half the riders didn't appear to
enjoy it either??? What makes you want to put your beloved animal
through that, is it your ego? I've ridden a 25 miler in 4 hours, and I
think that wasn't bad, but question whether my horse or I would have enjoyed
any more. And I didn't really enjoy horses coming in with a high heart
rate, and the owners rushing to get through the P/R people and vet line,
to get back out there and abuse their horse some more. You love your
horse? Sounds more like an ego trip to me. I was impressed with
the calm people who took the time to take care of their mounts, went slower,
and came in with a 46 heart rate. And to those who's horses tied up, how
can you even put your horse through that if you love it? And the lame
horses, why trot that horse 10 times, the first time showed he was dead lame,
9 more times isn't going to help. Did you want to get back on and keep
going, were you hoping he was just sort of "off" for the first trot out?
I really got my eyes opened volunteering, I'll say that.
And what makes a big fat person, with boobs or
belly flopping for 50 miles, enjoy that??? Why do you expect your
horse to be an athlete when you couldn't run 100 yards yourself? Why
don't you go and train to run a marathon, maybe with a 50 pound pack on your
back, and see how long it would take you to get fit, and how much you would
enjoy it? Shouldn't people expecting their horse to be an athlete,
searching far and wide for the perfect horse that can go the
distance........don't you owe it to your horse to be somewhat fit
yourself??? Get out there and run a couple miles a day and get yourself
fit, and give your horse a break. If your horse was too fat you'd sure
put him on a regiment in a hurry. I'm not trying to be mean, just to
give you another perspective from a spectator, and what the animal rights
people might see also. The older I get the more I am on the side of the
horse. I don't like 2 year olds racing, or 3 for that matter. I
don't like the high level eventing and how tough it is on the horses.
And I don't like the jumping over fences and walls a horse can't even see over
top of. I think some of our so called "horse sports" are getting a
little out of hand, and the welfare of the horse is not a priority, or they
wouldn't keep making the courses tougher and tougher. Some are just down
right dangerous!
Send all flames to Howard, I think he's used to
it.
