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Jonni wrote (about Rio):

Becky was blessed to have this
awesome horse end up with her.

Dabney responds:

I'm sure Jonni agrees with me that Becky's expertise and self discipline had 
a whole heck of a lot to do with Rio's extraordinary record, as well.  With 
a different rider, the results would likely not have been as impressive.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonni" <jonnij@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 1:58 PM
Subject: [RC] Impressive records


> Wendy posted: >>> I'd like to offer a statistic as proof that you can get
> astonishing performance from an endurance horse with proper 
> conditioning.<<<
>
> Has anyone disputed this? Did I miss something?
>
> To me, the most impressive record of ANY endurance horse, is RO Grand 
> Sultan
> +//.
>
> He started rides in pre 1985. Last ride was in 1998. In that time, he
> acquired over 10,000 AERC miles. 145 starts, 143 completions. Let that 
> soak
> in a bit folks. This horse was only pulled 2 times, in 10,000 miles of
> rides.  His records for pre 1985 show 400 miles. So, not sure what rides 
> he
> did. But, in 1985, he did 34 rides.  5 of those rides were 100 milers. 
> Had
> BC on 11 rides that year, and won 18 of those rides, with 11 more of them
> top ten!!!  (that is 29 wins or top ten out of 34 rides!) Remember, this 
> was
> early in this horses career. He continued endurance for 13 more years! He
> top tenned his last two rides! How many national and WORLD 
> championships???
> I know Maryben might be able to fill that in.
>
> This horse had something extra special. A true athlete. What made him have
> the ability to RACE so many miles, and continue to give his all is what 
> many
> endurance riders would like to know. Somewhere out there, could be another
> "Rio", who has that something extra. Heck, could even be in your pasture, 
> or
> could be going around and around in a show ring, never meeting it's
> potential as an endurance horse.
>
> Some great horses are made, and some are just born, and end up with the
> right rider, to bring out their potential. Becky was blessed to have this
> awesome horse end up with her.
>
> You can look up his record here:
>
> http://www.doublejoy.com/erol/Individual/HorseHistory.asp
>
> then type in RO Grand Sultan.
>
> Jonni
>
>
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