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[RC] Riding big horses - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: Char Antuzzi char.antuzzi@xxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== I ride a big 16.1 hand mustang stud, who has been in the endurance game for just two years now. He's big, muscled up and just goes down the trail. He's finished Tevis, He's finished Virgina City, and he's finished multi-days. Yep you can do it, BUT you have to make sure you ride your big horse (any horse really) in a safe zone. My horse is NOT fast, no he isn't, he isn't built to be fast and frankly he'd rather eat the entire 50 miles, BUT he's happy to be out there and we get the job done. Would I like to go faster, oh yes you bet I would, but I won't because my horse just wants to go for 8 hour trail rides, drives me nuts, but I'm sitting on a happy horse. It does take work to ride a big horse, and a mustang at that. They do get heat build up and it comes on quickly. When most people are putting blankets on their horses we've got ice boots on ours. When horses are shivering and cold, ours are standing in the shade, its a different mind set and one you've really got to stay in tuned to. So don't let anyone take away your goals from you. Please try to ride your big horse, just know that you might not come into the finish in a blistering pase, carry lots of goodies to keep your big horse going and be sure to take care of yourself because your probably going to be out on the trail just a tad longer then everyone else on that day, but you'll be just as happay as the winner that day when you cross the finish line on your big horse! Char and Gali... he's not fat, he's big boned! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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