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[RC] [RC] Difficult rides - Rides of March - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: Lauretta tikitiki69@xxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== From what I saw at the ride, what made it "difficult" for some individuals were several factors: 1) it was a warm day (in comparison to the winter weather that we had only 1-2 weeks ago; it was maybe the high 70's? and yet there was snow on the ground in many places, so the weather just recently got warmer), 2) due to the bad winter weather, a lot of horses didn't have the opportunity to get out and do more conditioning before the ride, and because 3)some horses still had their winter coats on (although some had been shaved for the ride) and it was making them overheat, although I have to commend the ride management for the amount of water provided throughout the trail. I think the biggest problem was lack of training opportunity from the weather, which really came into play at the big hill. However, this is just based on my own observations. Would be interesting to hear from one of the vets on the ride as to their opinion, as they saw every single horse on the course. Lauretta and Shaba (If someone asks me to trot for them ONE MORE TIME>>>>>) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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