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One rider has suggested I find a ride where the riders who will ride
farther don't loop back on the LD riders, so I'm kind of looking for such
a ride in TX. I could take her, enter and then we can always stop if
she's too tired. I don't want to do it before she's 8. I have a mental
mark to try one next fall or next spring. I'm not really in a hurry. She
just wants to do it so badly and then gets so upset with herself when she
wipes out. 

We rode drag for a foot race for spring and she did that 10 miles just
fine. what she liked best was that the runners had food/drink on the
trail every 3 miles or so.  that kept her perked up.  If I can
feed her at will, she lasts a lot longer. 

Today I just brought us home and all the way home she was sorry we hadn't
gone riding this am. She loves riding and can't ever seem to get enough,
nor can the pony.

At 08:34 PM 3/19/2005, rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> If I had a kid who could do 15
> fine and wasn't sure about 25 I'd just
> take them down to Million PInes where juniors ride free...maybe not
> *tell* her she was welcome to quit any time but if she got unhappy,
> I
> wouldn't feel bad about wasting money. You'd have to wait another
> year
> till she was 8 though because of the SERA minimum age requirement.
> My
> biggest fear wasn't whether they could do it since you can always
> quit.
> My fear was control and whether they were safe around the other
> riders
> who may not have control.

Alice Yovich
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