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Re: [RC] Running down people...is okay? - Ed & Wendy Hauser"It is possible to ride a horse at top speed in a pack, and have the horse stop when asked. It just takes training. True, lots of it." That depends on the horse. Certain strains of horses have been selected for an extremely long time to have an extreme desire to win. I owned a speed quarter horse who was the best trained horse I have ever owned. He was the horse I put 2 year olds on. He was as steady as any police horse in traffic. He did rate easily during an endurance ride (defined in his mind as a group of horses that were not passing him at a dead run) But if a horse race started (defined in his mind as either being asked to run, or by being passed by another horse at a dead run) it was like he was a completely different horse. He had to win. Period. End of discussion. He would only be beaten by a faster horse. After he had won, defined in his mind as being first by a couple of lengths, he would slow down. You can talk all you want about training etc. but unless you have owned a horse that had winning as his number one priority, you don't know what single mindedness is. Ed Ed & Wendy Hauser 2994 Mittower Road Victor, MT 59875 ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx 406.642.6490 ============================================================ Locks do not prevent theft, they only deter those in doubt. ~ Robert Morris ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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