Re: [RC] Qualifications for Mentors - Maggie Mieske
Excellent points. A stallion that cannot be ridden next
to another horse of ANY sex, stallion, mare or gelding has no business on
the trail. However, a well behaved stallion should not be asked to not
drink out of the tub or to not pass a rider because that rider has a stallion
phobia. Have you figured out I ride a stallion? :) Most people
don't know he is a stallion unless I tell them. But there are always those
few who become near hysterical when a stallion is near. Quite honestly,
the pet peeves you described should go for ANY horse on the trail, not just
stallions.
In a message dated 2/23/2004 1:56:20 PM Pacific Standard Time, bechack@xxxxxxx writes:
This is just a start.....Come on everyone....we all have a list
of "pet peeves" that someone has done to us out on
trail....>>
Do not expect special treatment just becuase you are riding a
stallion...that's my pet peeve.
I was at one ride where a stallion rider informed me my "mare" was
upsetting her stallion by drinking out of the same water tub and thereby
making his pulse high. My "mare" was a gelding minding his own business
at the other end of the tub.
Another time at a NATRC ride a new rider on a stallion held up the whole
trail becuase he couldn't ride next to another horse. It was a single track
and caused a major jam.
