RE: [RC] reccomended first ride ? - Catfish Daniels
Hello Candace:
I just read your e-mail. There is a
new ride this year in the PS Region that I am putting on, called the Desert
Catfish Classic. I have carefully selected these trails myself and the
footing is very good, the scenery is beautiful, and it is high-desert terrain –
safe without any cliffs or dangerous drop-offs, specially in the 30 LD
division. I also have a 15 mile fun-ride division aside from the
30 mile and 50 mile divisions, as well as
a special Team Division.
I feel that this ride will be suited very
well for any type of rider. I hope to see you there. Please be
aware that I’m trying to limit it to 150 riders, so you may want to
consider sending in an entry. But first, visit my web-site I created for
the ride. I think you’ll enjoy browsing thru it, and hopefully I’ll
see you at the ride. The web-site is http://www.desertcatfishclassic.com
Now, there are some other rides put on by
other managers who I think have excellent rides. Terry Woolley Howe always puts
on some great rides that I find beautiful in terms of scenery, but also great
for any type of rider and experience level – and they’re fun. They
are usually very safe and designated trails. Don’t get me wrong,
things can always go hay-wire in any type of terrain, but I would recommend her
rides to you as well. There is one coming up in January – the Warner
Springs Ride. It’s at the beautiful Warner Springs resort, same
location as this year’s National Championship Ride, but it’s
limited to 150 riders and it usually fill up within days. You may want to
contact Terry and see if you can still get in.
Death Valley, put on by Jackie Baumgartner is also a desert ride. The
terrain in my opinion is perfect for somebody that doesn’t want to
indulge their horses in too much too soon. She offers 4 different rides
in 4 days, and since most people hang out for several days and do multiple
days, it’s a great way to meet some other riders in your region.
There are also some others, but I haven’t
done those, so I can’t really speak from experience.
There is also another ride that just
appeared on the Calendar this year for this coming weekend in Bonita, CA. That’s just
south of San Diego towards Mexico. I have never ridden there before, but knowing that area
from my Real Estate background, it seems that the terrain is rather
gentle. It’s called the Bonita Turkey trot (I think).
Good luck J
Catfish Daniels
DBL Realtors
-----Original Message----- From:
ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of candace cameron Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004
3:22 PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] reccomended first
ride ?
Hello, I was just wondering if anyone familiar with
the PS region would be able to reccomend an easy beginner LD that
would be a good first ride for my horse(5 yr old ) and I. I would prefer a ride
w/ easy safe terrain until we know what we are doing! Greatly appreciate
any input. thanks, Candace C. and Mattie
