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Our daughter rides a 16.1 hand Warmblood cross gelding and has done 75 and 
100 milers and a couple of 100-mile R&Ts.

Barbara

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Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 12:29 PM
Subject: [RC] Riding big horses


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> 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!
>
>
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