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I call BS. I'd like to see you get my 20+ QH/draft mix through a 25. He's
16h, huge, has been ridden once in over a year, and poops out after about
5-6 miles of walking. He is sound - no lameness issues.

BTW, he did do a 25 in 2002 (Amigo), but only after being conditioned for
several months, and then he only made it with 3 minutes to spare. First, it
isn't the right thing for that horse (esp. at his age) to try and do even 25
miles. Second, if you did want to try it, the only responsible thing to do
is to spend 3-4 months conditioning.

I _can_ drive my car down the road at 140 MPH, but it isn't smart and
there's all sorts of bad things that can happen if I do that. Taking an
unconditioned horse, especially one whose body type isn't ideal for
endurance, to even a 25 is about as smart. If you're really good and having
a good day, you might dodge the bullet. But then again, even a very
experienced rider might just hurt the horse trying to prove a point.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barbara McCrary
> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 9:24 PM
> To: Kristen A Fisher; Ridecamp
> Subject: Re: [RC] LD/Endurance
>
> But it's true.
>
> Barbara
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kristen A Fisher" <kskf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 7:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [RC] LD/Endurance
>
>
> > > the ride is, and satisfy the folks who feel "Limited 
> Distance" is a
> > put-down.
> >
> > To me the biggest put-down about riding 25 miles is that 
> over and over, at
> > rides and on Ridecamp, people keep saying any person on any 
> horse can do
> it.
> > THAT belittles it.
> >
> >
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> > REAL endurance is reading the LD vs. Endurance thread/debate every 3
> > months!!!
> > ~ Heidi Sowards
> >
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> >
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> You don't have to be a 100-mile rider or a multi-day rider to be an
> endurance rider, but if you want to experience the finest 
> challenges our
> sport has to offer, you need to do both of those.
> ~ Joe Long
>
> ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/
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I can tell you after sleeping in a tent, then in my truck, then in the back
of a trailer, then in a gneck trailer w/no LQ, and now in the new-to-me LQ
one, you don't sleep any better the night before in nicer digs - you're
just more comfortable while you're lying there obsessing :)
~  Tina Hicks

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