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Re: [RC] newbie, not knowing if I should start riding - Kristen A. Fisher

Hi Sally -

I think the biggest concern would be how will he adapt to the camp
environment. How do you plan to contain him and will he remain contained?
People use portable panels, trot lines, and electric tape fences. I have
personally known horses to get out of every one (either seen them running or
had to catch them when it got light) -- and I have only been to 4 rides.  At
one, a stallion got loose and of course went after a mare which pisses
people off ;-)  I haven't seen anyone using the "Hi-Tie" system but maybe
that works OK. Ours stay on a trot line and are fine (although one got loose
before I was part of the group when he burned through his line pacing - so
now we tie to a metal loop on the line - less friction).

Every sex of horse will holler all day if left alone (even mine who never
makes a peep at home) and some just for the hell of it. Red ribbons in the
tail indicate "kicker" and those aren't restricted to stallions either. Do
you ride with other people, and how does he get along with other horses?
Would you have to ride alone, can you control him, and do you feel
comfortable doping so?

Those are the 2 big issues I think - can you comfortably control him under
saddle, and keep him contained when not under saddle. If you can say yes to
both, I say give it a shot!

Kristen in TX


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ridecamp Guest" <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 7:00 PM
Subject: [RC] newbie, not knowing if I should start riding


Please Reply to: Sally Reid sreid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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I have a 4 yr old Connemara Stallion. He is a newbie and so am I . He was
not started until last fall, and we are just now getting ready for his first
trail ride. He is quiet and fairly well behaved. He has been started in
dressage. I am 45 yrs old, and not new to horses, just endurance. I was
planning to have him ready for his first LD ride in may or june. Am I crazy?
Will he be welcome? Boys can be boys, you know. The reason I pulled out of
dressage competition is that he was very bored with it. He is pretty smart
and tends to think alot, dressage is not mentally challenging. I was looking
for a sport where the horse could excel and not be bored that I can do too.
I am too old to event, too broke to do driving. endurance seems like the way
to go. I have an arab mare that I could learn on, if that is better. I read
how screaming stallions are not welcome. He does not scream at home, but I'm
sure he will away from home. They all do to begin with. Let me know if we
should begin this track or look for another sport.




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