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I'm with you on this Barbara.....  I've been doing mostly LD for 
several years and I've never actually heard anyone say to my face, (or 
anyone else's) anything disparaging about LD.  I've been constantly 
amazed at how wonderfully helpful everyone is, how well everyone takes 
care of their horses, and the comraderie in this sport is to be 
commemnded.

I can't begin to list all the times I've gotten great advice, or  
gotten help from other riders (even though they had to stop riding to 
do so) regardless of their distance, or mine.  I've seen many, many 
people help out others in need, with no regard to their placing, 
distance, breed of horse, or whether they sleep in a $100k LQ trailer 
or the Low Rent District.  The lack of any kind of prejudice in this 
sport is just one of the things I value the most.

I do throughly enjoy the raging debates on Ridecamp, but if these same 
debates happened continually around the campfire at rides, they 
wouldn't last long.  It's easy to be opinionated in type, not so easy 
when you've got a pissed off person in your face.  Emotions run high, 
people get upset and either shut up or go away. (Or set someones tent 
on fire:))  Perhaps the reason no one ever says anything about LD is 
because it's been hashed over so well here, or, as you said.... For the 
entertainment value.

Julie

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