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What you've said has never been even an informal rule of racing etiquette in 
any of the rides in which I have participated.

At least here in the Pacific Southwest, my experience has always been people 
would assume that if your horse cannot be safely passed by a galloping horse 
on a wide road, one member of your team is not ready to participate in 50 
mile rides.

Dabney
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diane Trefethen" <tref@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <Ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] rude rider


> rob losey wrote:
> >  If overtaken by other faster riders. I should get out of their way. If 
> > the're faster
> > the're in the race not me.   That makes sense, I don't want to impede a 
> > front runner...
> > The faster rider shouldn't have to  yell "on the right" or "on the left". 
> > I shouldn't
> > be in the middle of the trail when someone is coming up from behind. If a 
> > passing
> > rider seem rude it may be because a slower rider failed to yield... I 
> > would rather
> > get out of the way than cause a crash.
>
> While I admire your thoughtfulness, I cannot agree with your conclusions. 
> Passing at speed is rude and dangerous.  Just because I am in an endurance 
> race, OR an LD race, does not mean that I can chose not to follow good 
> trail etiquette and that means when I pass another horse, I must slow down 
> enough to pass SAFELY.  When I encounter another horse on a wide trail, I 
> must slow down, and if he hasn't moved to one side of the trail, I should 
> call to the rider ahead which side I will pass on, and then pass at a 
> speed that will not unduly excite the passed horse, a trot that is just a 
> little faster than the pace of the horse being passed.  This is true 
> whether the rider being passed is another endurance/LD rider or just 
> someone out for a nice trail ride.  The passed rider has every right to 
> expect being passed in a courteous and safe fashion.  If I come upon 
> another rider on a single track trail, I should REQUEST that I be allowed 
> to pass when the rider in front feels it is safe.



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