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Re: [RC] Ways To Know You Are Ready for 100 Miler? - Jeanna Pellinohello all, I'm a newbie to distance riding on a 3/4 arab gelding 15.1H. I'm looking for a saddle that provides a good center for me (many sit you so your pelvis rolls back and you end up behind the motion) and comfie for my horse without breaking the bank. I prefer a treed saddle because I've heard the treeless can be tough on older horses(he's 21 going on 15!) Any suggestions would be most appreciated. -jeanna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Hicks" <tina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <RISTREE@xxxxxxx> Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 4:07 PM Subject: Re: [RC] Ways To Know You Are Ready for 100 Miler? On Mon, 17 May 2004 RISTREE@xxxxxxx wrote:What does it take, for horse and rider, individually and collectively, to be ready to successfully and safely finish a 100 mile ride?Hi Patti, I've done one and it was a few years ago so I'm just barely qualified to answer here :) I'd like to tell you that I came up with the rigorous training program and stuck to it and kept logs and knew everything there is to know about my horse's fitness. However, if I did I'd be lying. I conditioned and rode just like I did for 50s. Mainly we did it because I *REALLY* wanted to do it. Everyone said "doing a 100 is mostly mental" and I used to think "yeah, right". Well, your horse does need some amount of conditioning - I'll grant you that :) But you have to really WANT to do one. All the conditioning in the world doesn't get you back on the horse at 10pm with 40 more miles to go. Desire, however, will do strange things to us all :). So, if you feel like you're horse is physically okay to do one then you just have to decide that it's a serious goal of yours. And then you'll make it happen :) Tina ============================================================ Riding alone is when you teach a horse all the "tools" and "cues" he needs to handle the trail, to hold a speed, deal with hills, etc. It's also where you develop the "bond" that causes him to "defer" to you before losing his cool. ~ Jim Holland ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================ ============================================================ Many of the endurance riders in our top echelons of competition, now and in the past, exemplify the 'common man' not the hierocracy. It is this possibility, this chance to come to the fore, that makes endurance competition of the Aussie/American type so much more desirable to part of the world. ~ Bob Morris ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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