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A couple of years ago I didn't get to ride a lot in the fall so I went 
to a ride to just get around. It was a 25 mile loop with an out check. 
The 50's did it twice. At the 25 mile check in camp I though that I may 
have gone too fast for the old boys condition at the time and decided to 
slow down. The conditions were also muddy. He seemed a little tired 
although his CRI was 60/48 and all other parameters good which should 
have registered. Being an old softy, I took the bit out and put a side 
pull on. Well I was being sandbagged big time.

A mile out he saw a horse in front of him. He threw in a big buck and 
took off. I'm not sure if he cared if I was with him or not. Here I have 
a side pull. Oh well we make great time to the check passing a bunch of 
horses - with the Jbird sticking out his tongue as we go by with his 
brain dead rider having to apologize for not having any control with the 
sidepull silly ;-) .

We fly through the check and leave. wWe come to this open field and he 
spots a bunch of horses and wants to race. I have had it by then and we 
do some circles. From that point on we walk. He was not happy - I was 
cutting into his play time. If looks could kill I'd been dead right 
then. We walked the last 6 or 7 miles in.

When I arrived I announced that "this horse is for sell." Three tiny 
hinies showed interest - all saying it is a tiny hiny's dream to have a 
horse that has long term conditioning by a HW. So me thinks they talk 
out of both sides of their mouth - must be a defense mechanism coming 
into play.

So I just dismiss the whole debate.

Truman ( who has been outsmarted by a horse for the last time - or at 
least next to the last time)

Bruce Weary DC wrote:
> But, Heidi, the heart rate/pulse recovery thing happens on all my 
> horses when either of my kids or my wife rides them, versus that which 
> happens when I'm on them. You're saying that my kids and my wife must 
> have better equitation/riding skill than I do under all circumstances 
> on all horses?
> Reminds me of the drunk who is on his knees under a street lamp 
> looking for his car keys. A passerby offers to help, but doesn't see 
> them. He asks "How did you lose them?" To which the drunk replies, "I 
> dropped them in the house, but the light is better out here."
> To me, the most obvious and constant factor is the extreme weight 
> difference. Stop looking under the streetlamp for something that isn't 
> there. Heisman had 3,500 miles over ten years. He had plenty of time 
> to "condition to my weight." Dr Q


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