I feel that those who need to list
their experience and qualifications to respond to a question in their very first
sentence, usually are lacking the true knowledge in the field, and are just
trying to make themselves "look qualified". (quote: "I've worked with
100's of horse owners, riders, handlers and trainers who care enough about
providing the proper care of horses to obtain advice from a professional like
myself, and in the 45 years I have been providing equine consultation to horse
owners, riders, handlers and trainers, all over the world..... end
quote)
Read Ridecamp for awhile, you will get a clue as to who the true
horsemen and women are on this list. They don't need to brag about their
background with horses.
One who comes on to a list like this obviously
with no knowledge of distance riding, yet try to make themselves sound like an
expert are often just looking to figure out how to make a buck off of some of
the members from "eLessons" like she tried on other lists / message
boards. Maybe this expert needs to just go back where people
are sold on her "expertise" like horsediscussion.com, and give up on trying to
convince us she is such an expert, and spouting off such off the wall
information like geldings "raping a mare to death". Tho' stuff like this
does give Dr. Quackenbush some great material for his next book.