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[RC] Endurance - Horse or Rider - rides2farWhat a great perspective!! This is one of the best posts I have read on entire subject. I have always thought endurance should be foremost a test of what our horses are capable of doing I think this is my problem with the International Points Chase as I understand it. There are some incredible "endurance jockeys" who can fly to another country and beat you on a borrowed horse doing better with it than its own owner could have done, but that's a whole different sport than the people who buy one horse of their own, pick it, train it and ride it. Both can be impressive but are totally different. So long as the emphasis is on the rider rather than the horse it seems like a different sport than the one I compete in. Angie ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ============================================================ Arabians were bred for years primarily as a war horse and those requirements are similar to what we do today with endurance riding. ~ Homer Saferwiffle ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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