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RE: [RC] minimum age for kids? - Ranelle Rubin

Alice, 

Has she been to a ride as a spectator? I would suggest she be there as a
"crew assistant" so she learns what to do for herself and her horse at a
ride. This also will create "more heart" in that she will really want
it...I did this with my boyfriend's daughter who was 10 at the time..it
really helped when we got to a ride....

Good luck!
Ranelle


Happiness  is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in
harmony.

-Mahatma Gandhi




-----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alice Yovich
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 5:11 AM
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC] minimum age for kids?


I'm not even talking about 50. No way would I subject my 7 year old to
that 
even if she wanted to go! She wants to do a 25 with me. We regularly
ride 
15, and I thought I'd bump it up this spring. I think I'll wait till
next 
year to do it though b/c she still needs to practice taking care of her 
pony. She's in pony club this year so she'll learn a lot. I think I
might 
like that 10 year old limit too, not sure yet.


That is the only way to know if you are conditioning appropriately.  I
would no way bring my kid out for a 50 if it was also MY first 50 (way

too 

paranoid for that!).

Sylvia (personally, I like the NATRC 10- year old age restriction)




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