I can remember a couple of others: One
rider's horse on our 100-miler fell into a fairly deep hole (washout) in
the dark. The next rider tossed him a flashlight and just kept right on
going. Sheesh! And another...I was mounted on a perfectly awful
horse who quit every time he confronted a hill of any sort. It was on
Tevis one year and by the time I reached the American River, my horse flat-out
refused to walk up the hill after the crossing. I dismounted and was
sitting by the edge of the trail resting and wondering what to do next.
Three riders came along, rode practically over the top of me, never asked if I
or the horse were OK, never asked if I needed anything, actually never even
acknowledged me at all...never said a word to me. That still takes the
prize for inconsiderate behavior, in my book.
I one a little bit better. At a ride many, many moons
ago....there was a creek accident, a woman's horse was stuck and
drowning. A man was off, holding this horse's head out of the
water. They needed a rope/line of some kind to try and pull this horse
out. I rode up, and took the reins off my horse and held his bridle
while they used the reins to get the horse out. In the meantime, the
rest of this front bunch group rode off....leaving us to save the horse, and
me get my reins back. We were ALL riding for a win that day. So,
here I am stuck until my reins are returned. The horse was saved,
my reins returned and off I went. I did win that day....and got
BC. So, I suppose the good sport gods smiled on me that day.
:))
Barbara McCrary <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Probably one of the absolutely
rudest tricks pulled in competition relates to gates. The first rider
stops, dismounts to open the gate, and when the others have gone through,
they take off and leave the gate opener with the responsibility of closing
it again. BOOO! HISSS!
Aside from drafting, what drives me buts is the dolt who tailgates,
gets booted and then gets indignant at me and my horse - who they
apparently didn't care about clipping from behind. Just plain
manners would help.
s
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