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Kristen,

I actually have had sponsors over stress my horse, and thats what I mean by 
riding my own ride. I've had to pull out of rides because of this, and I 
didn't want to hurt my horse. It's great that you sponsor people, maybe I've 
just dealt with the wrong sponsors??

~Courtney

> From: "Libby & Quentin Llop DVM" <qhll@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: <qhll@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Kristen A Fisher" <kskf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,"Courtney Giardina" 
> <courtneygiardina@xxxxxxxxxxx>,<Ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [RC]   [RC] Tevis 2005/ jamie
> Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 12:29:18 -0400
>
>  I sponsored a junior 1050+ of my first 1000 miles (I got pulled at the
> finish 2x) and I have a never heard of a sponsor zooming off and
> overstressing a Jr's horse. Isn't that what they mean by "ride your own
> ride", not to get sucked along with the fast crowd beyond your horses
> abilities? Sponsors and Juniors have plenty of leeway to plan their maximum
> ride. Last year we did what it took for Pete to finish first junior in 
> every
> ride he entered. Of course, if he could have left us, sometimes he would
> have placed better overall, but so what.  Libby
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Kristen A Fisher
> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 12:35 AM
> To: Courtney Giardina; Ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] Tevis 2005/ jamie
>
>
> I have wondered how junior riders learn to "ride their own ride" when they
> have to stay with a sponsor [unless they are so well matched...]
>
> Kristen in TX
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Courtney Giardina" <courtneygiardina@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <Ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 9:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] [RC] [RC] Tevis 2005/ jamie
>
>
> > I've just had so many
> > bad experiences with other sponsors and the way they ride that now I'm
> kinda
> > against riding with others (having to stick with someone the whole 
> time).
> > Bad experiences tend to do that to you.
>
>
>
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