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Re: [RC] [RC] Learning from Riding Accidents - Chris PausDitto! I 've started last,letting the hotshoes race ahead and still finished in the top 10 just by keeping up a steady and reasonable pace... chris --- Tiffany D'Virgilio <tiffshorse@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: on 4/5/04 2:52 PM, heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx at heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:You can pretty well control your finish wrecks by HOW you finish,but no matter whatdistance you ride, you can't avoid starting!You can avoid much of it by starting 15 minutes after the pack. That is something I will continue to do. Much easier on me and the horse, and neither one of us gets upset. I manage (actually she does-I deserve none of the credit) to pick off horses all day and finish in the middle or better. It just works for us. She doesn't lose her mind watching the start, and can focus on me. Then as we come up on horses she gets more purposeful and just picks them off. I think she kind of likes being a stalker. Just like in horse racing, let the speed horses burn out and watch the strong ones come on as the race goes along. Tiffany ============================================================ There are 2 ways to win at this sport. You take a horse and race him for a short time and then find a new horse or you can take one horse , do the homework and spend many miles and years enjoying that horse. ~ Paddi Sprecher ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================ ===== "A good horse makes short miles," George Eliot Chris and Star BayRab Acres http://pages.prodigy.net/paus ============================================================ If you treat an Arab like a Thoroughbred, it will behave like a Quarter horse. ~ Libby Llop ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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