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Hi Elly
  
  I am also new to this, and have encounted the same in regard to  attitudes towards anything not Arabian. I went to a clinic last spring  to learn more about endurance riding. I was told flat out to not even  bother trying it with my 17hh Andalusian/QH cross. - they then started  telling me what to look for in a good endurance Arab.
  Well, after thinking it over, I decided that I am going to try it  anyway. I will be doing my first LD this June. I hope people there will  be friendly, and not judgmental of my big horse !
  
  Kristine - MN
> "Burnett, Elly" <egburnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Here's the thing.  I've encountered nothing but negative nancies when I
> > tell people what I
> >  want to do with her.  Other horse people that do not
> > do endurance feel similarly to me, but the endurance community has
> > mostly rolled their eyes and it makes me feel real dumb.  I'm not doing
> > endurance to win, I'm doing it because after years in the show ring, I'm
> > sick of it and want something that me, my horse and my husband can all
> > do together.  And as a   long distance runner, this sport really seems
> > like the perfect marriage between running and riding.

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