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[RC] LOOK! #2 Convention Survey - Rides 2 FarWHY DO I DO THIS AND WHY DOES EVERYONE ELSE SEEM TO DO IT BETTER? Basic information. Name (optional)______________________________________________ Years of competition____ Miles of competition___________ Wins_____ BC?s____ Year end awards: Your personal goal: 1.At what age did you get your first horse or pony? 2.What types of riding did you do before endurance? 3. Did you want to be a cowboy...or an Indian? 4. What breeds of horses did you prefer? 5. Were you an athlete in school? What sports? If not what was your interest? 6. Did you read lots of horse books as a child? Which ones? 7. At what age did you do your first endurance ride? 8. What breed of horse were you riding? 9. What breed do you ride now? 10. Did you find endurance, or did it find you? How? 11. How many rides did you do in your first full year of competition? 12. How many rides your third year? 13. How many rides per year do you average now? 14. Do you consider endurance riding a hobby or an obsession? 15. If you answered obsession, list some important family events you have missed due to being at an endurance ride. 16. What is it about endurance that appeals to you? 17. Do you ride with a heart monitor? 18. Do you ride with any other gadgets? 19. Do you always wear a helmet every time you ride? 20. What kind of saddle do you use? 21. What type of confinement does your horse camp in? 22. What are your sleeping arrangements? 23. Did your parents ride? If not, do they think you're insane? 24. If you had the horse for it...would you compete FEI? 25. If you were offered a free trip with your horse to the UAE, would you accept? 26. Does your spouse or other family member crew for you? 27. If so, are they competitive...do they push you to do better? PART II Circle one answer. 1. You have a new promising prospect that you?ve had under saddle for 3 months. You are at his first ride and he wants to go and is recovering well. Your arch enemy riding his green tired horse leaves the last vet check just ahead of you. Do you: A. Warn your crew that ?He?s going down? and walk your horse in circles at the out timer until time to pursue. B. Grit your teeth, smile sweetly and continue to ride your own ride. C. Not notice who left ahead of you since you like to take a nap at vet checks. 2. Which best describes your vet check area: A. Bucket of water and a sponge. Flake of hay. Bucket of electrolytes with a syringe. B. Large muck bucket of water. 2 sponge buckets with loose sponges. 2 pans of beet pulp & grain slurries. 2 flakes of different types hay. Saddle rack with stethoscope & rump rug neatly arranged. Chair for the rider with basket of people goodies. Halter & lead rope. Electrolyte tubes, mixed and neatly arranged in order to be used. C. You don?t set up a vet checks, simply vet through and go back to your trailer. 3. When you get your map at the ride meeting. You? A. Toss the map aside since knowing where you are doesn?t get you there any faster. B. Ask questions about where your crew might meet you on the trail. Later that night you do your best to memorize the location of landmarks so that you can gauge your progress throughout the ride. C. Listen intently during the ride meeting as to the location of water on the trail, then carefully put the map in your pack for reference throughout the ride. 4. You gave $1,200 for your 5 year old horse 3 years ago. Since then you have conditioned carefully and completed 700 miles of endurance. You finally decided it was time to see what he could do and you won and got BC. After the ride an agent for a foreign interest makes an offer that is more money than you have ever imagined your horse was worth. Do you: A. Accept the offer, buy a new aluminum 3 horse slant and 2 more horses which you hope to sell to the same buyer eventually. B. Lose a little sleep over the offer, but keep your horse. C. Say, "Of course not! He's a member of the family!" 5. When you get your rider card back, do you: A. Toss it. B. Take it home and stick it in the drawer with the others. C. Glue it in your horse's scrapbook. 6. ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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