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I did my first (and so far only) 50 on Aries with Jody and Jonni and 
hands down it was the best possible thing for me. I had done a couple 
25's on horses that I since determined do not have the mindset for 
endurance. I am starting one now and will do my best to start him in 
50's. I say that because although there was much more pain involved 
(mine) it was just so much more satisfying to ride a 50 then to ride a 
25 and some how it seemed to go by much faster for me. I do think partly 
because I wasn't worried about the horse AT ALL. Aries is a machine and 
it was awesome. I learned so much from Jody and Aries that I recommend 
them as mentors to anyone!!


Kathy R - SE

Sarah Seashols wrote:

> I agree too. I’m a newbie who has been lurking around for a while and 
> finally figured out subscribing to Ridecamp, and having just started 
> to condition my horse, I have to say that riding with a mentor on an 
> experienced horse would be, hands-down, a best case scenario for 
> starting in endurance. I think it would really instill confidence. I 
> just feel really nervous about being inexperienced (in endurance) and 
> taking out an equally inexperienced horse --having that security of an 
> experienced mentor and an experienced mount would make the first ride 
> or two a little less stressful and more pleasant experience.
>
> Everyone’s comments on the last couple of days regarding 25’s being 
> too short to really teach a horse how to take care of himself are very 
> interesting, but I feel like as a newbie, I would be in a catch-22 – I 
> need the LD for my conditioning, but then my horse will have a little 
> harder time adjusting when we move to the 50’s and 100’s. Maybe as a 
> newcomer, I should just stick to the shorter rides, as they’re a good 
> bit safer (i.e. the idea of 25 is less scary than 50 to me).
>
> Sarah
>
> Newbie in Virginia
>
> * From: * ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Jody 
> Rogers-Buttram
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 28, 2005 11:58 AM
> *To:* rdcarrie@xxxxxxx; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* Re: [RC] Mentoring (was: regarding 75 mile rides)
>
> This is a topic that I touched on with Truman recently. I was trying 
> to think of items/pages to increase the use of the SERA webpage, and 
> one of the things was a mentoring page. I would like to see a listing 
> of people and horses that are available to riders in our region. I am 
> looking at this mentoring as going not only the step of mentoring the 
> person through the ride, but in cases like me, people who have extra 
> horses, can offer one up to the newbie. I have done this before and I 
> think it worked out nicely. If some of us have extra horses, would 
> like to get miles on them at someone else's expense, offer them the 
> horse for a ride. Maybe they don't have a suitable horse yet, or maybe 
> their horse isn't ready....it gives them a great chance to ride a 
> ride, see what the sport is really about on a conditioned, sane mount. 
> Notice I said sane....don't want to kill these people. They can learn 
> a lot from riding with you, on your horse, learning how to care for 
> that horse at an easy pace and I think it may take some of the strain 
> off their brains knowing that the horse is seasoned and knows the 
> ropes. Most likely lets them enjoy the day a bit more.
>
> Jody
>
> PS. Angie....I** wasn't ** talking about you and Aries at Biltmore. ;)
>
> */rdcarrie@xxxxxxx/* wrote:
>
>     Angie mentioned expanding on the mentoring concept, with some 50
>     milers helping some LDers through their first 50. I'd be more than
>     willing to do so. I ride mid- to back of the pack, only concerned
>     with completing, and don't mind adjusting my pace to others. In
>     fact, I've sort of informally hooked up with first-timers when
>     riding LDs before and ridden with them. I like riding with
>     newbies...it's fun. So if anyone in E. TX ever wants to do their
>     first 50 and wants someone to ride it with, give me a holler. I'll
>     be doing the 50 at Unicorn Hunt on Aug. 6. Of course, you may have
>     to put up with me barfing off the side of my horse on the last
>     loop from the heat. (I never said I was smart...if I was, I
>     wouldn't do a 50 in E. TX in Aug.) <G> But that's just me...I
>     don't handle the heat/humidity well. Most people do fine. So don't
>     let it scare you. Come on out and have fun. I haven't don e this
>     ride before, but I've heard it's a good one. :) Same offer for
>     mentoring stands for other rides in Texas ...minus the barfing. ;)
>
>     Dawn in East Texas
>
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