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Good God Allmighty!

Old Timers "detest" us Limited Distance Riders?  Glad you told me.........I 
wouldn't have known that unless you told me.

Don't you think "detest" is a pretty strong word?  Get a grip!






> From: "Howard Bramhall" <howard9732@xxxxxxx>
> To: ccollins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [RC]   [RC] re: any horse can do 25, etc.
> Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 15:11:24 -0400
>
> Cindy, your post could not be more offensive.  Did you even think a little 
> before you put this one out or did posting on the wrong diagonal cause you 
> to have an accident where your head hit on something really hard and your 
> brains kind of fell out because you didn't have a helmet on?
>
> For those of you who do not believe that there is a problem between real 
> endurance riders like Cindy here and LD riders, please, read her post 
> again.  Folks, there is a problem.
>
> This is one of the reasons why we should legitimize the 25 mile distance 
> run.  Make it a sport and throw in an indoctrination program for new riders 
> to prevent them from doing things which "old timers like Cindy detest."  
> (gee, that would make one feel welcome to a new sport, if Cindy gave the 
> new riders' talk, doncha think?).
>
> Leaving it the way it is seems to make Cindy ill; maybe, that's reason 
> enough to try and make some changes here. (Wouldn't Cindy make a fantastic 
> mentor for new riders????)
>
> cya,
> Howard (sorry, I know this will start something, but, I couldn't just let 
> it go; there I go, Ed, I did it again)
>
>
> > From: "Cindy Collins" <ccollins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [RC]   re:  any horse can do 25, etc.
> > Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 10:28:12 -0600
> >
> > Just fyi-`When I say that any sound horse can do 25 miles, I am saying
> > that physiologically, many of my friends who ride their horses regularly
> > whether it be in dressage, eventing, trail riding, etc. could take their
> > horses and walk, trot, (and canter a little) through a 25 mile ride within
> > the 6 hour limit with no problems or harm to their horses.  I am not
> > talking about some "cowboy" pulling a fat horse, that hasn't been ridden
> > in months, out of the pasture and "over and undering" the horse through a
> > 25.  One of the reason so many of us "old timers" detest 25 milers is
> > because that's the type of behavior we believe 25 milers bring out in
> > folks...it is because doing 25 miles is within the reach of almost any
> > sound horse of any breed.  There is something about bumping up the
> > distance to 50 miles that becomes "endurance" and only a relatively few
> > horses can go that distance.  (Remember, we're around endurance horses
> > constantly and we get a skewed view of horse flesh...our horses are
> > exceptional at distance).  So, some local yokel is less likely to try a
> > 50, but may try a 25 miler on a whim with no education or preparation.
> > Getting angry at folks for stating the truth is silly.  But, most of our
> > arguments here are just that!  Cindy
> >
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> > We are talking about all the tools we can use to keep our horses safe and
> > alive at the rides. Training/conditioning is one of the best tools
> > available. It makes us better horseman and women, it benefits our horses
> > and could quite possibly be the key to preventing most crashes.
> > ~ Lisa Salas - The Odd Farm
> >
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