Home Current News News Archive Shop/Advertise Ridecamp Classified Events Learn/AERC
Endurance.Net Home Ridecamp Archives
ridecamp@endurance.net
[Archives Index]   [Date Index]   [Thread Index]   [Author Index]   [Subject Index]

RE: [RC] How do you NOT act like a newbie? - David LeBlanc

Oh - and here's another - if you're riding in a group, and come to a gate,
the youngest rider is the one who has to get off and open it. 

8-) 


-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara McCrary [mailto:bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 3:36 PM
To: David LeBlanc; 'Chelsea Marsh'; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC] How do you NOT act like a newbie?

And the all-time important one:  If you are riding in a group 
and someone gets off to open a gate for you and the others, 
DO NOT run off and leave the gate-opener alone.  Wait until 
he or she has finished closing the gate and is mounted up 
again, ready to go.

Barbara

----- Original Message -----
From: "David LeBlanc" <dleblanc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Chelsea Marsh'" <chelsea_marsh@xxxxxxxxxxx>; 
<ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 1:03 PM
Subject: RE: [RC] How do you NOT act like a newbie?



Chelsea asked yet another question:


I've heard you guys talking about some things that people,
who don't really know what they're doing, will do on a ride.
I try as a rule to be courteous and don't want to upset or
bother anyone, especially since I'm a newbie, and I was
wondering what I should know to NOT do on a ride. I read that
list on endurance net, any other suggestions?


Well, there's good newbies and bad newbies. A good newbie 

will admit that

they have no clue, politely ask for help, and are generally 

overwhelmed 

with
helpful people.

Things to do and not do:

Do not pass everyone at warp speed while whining that you 

can't hold him

back.

Don't follow someone who's going to fast. Ride your own 

ride!!! Do not 

ride
the other person's ride. Especially don't do this while 

whining that you

can't hold them back. If you need to get away from a horse 

that's going 

too
fast, find a place to stop - a patch of grass, or a water 

stop. Maybe even

get off until the other person is well out of sight.

Do ask nicely if you can go by if there's not room, and if 

there is, a

cheery "Hello!", followed by "passing on your left/right", 

while leaving

plenty of room so there's not a wreck if someone's horse kicks.

Do _not_ gallop past someone standing on the ground trying 

to fix their

tack. It wasn't a newbie who did this to me, but it was really rude.

Do slow down before the vet check. Get off the horse, 

loosen girths and 

walk
in. I do this 1/8 to 1/4 of a mile out, depending on 

weather and how fast

I'm riding.

Do not start in the front for your first ride. I prefer not 

to do that 

ever.

If you're at a water trough, and someone else comes up, 

it's nice if when

you're ready to leave, you ask the other person if it's OK. 

Some horses 

will
stop drinking if someone leaves. This somewhat depends on 

how much of a

hurry you're in, and whether they're already with other people.

If someone's in the process of getting on their horse at a 

water stop, 

it's
nice to wait until they're in the saddle before you run off.

Do not argue with the vet or the RM - ever. Groveling may 

be OK, depending

on circumstances.

If you get stuck behind someone, try not to tailgate. If 

your horse is 

being
a pain and wants to tailgate, or the trail gets congested, 

check with the

person in front of you and see how big a problem this is 

for them. If you

tailgate me at the start, you could get kicked, and I could 

get bucked 

off.
Later in the ride, it might be fine.

If you get pulled, that's not the time to discuss what's 

wrong with the 

vet,
especially if there's a line. The vets will be a lot more 

helpful when

they're not busy, assuming that you're not headed directly for the 
treatment
vet already.

If someone comes up behind you, it's because either you're 

loafing, or 

it's
because they have more horse left than you. Either way, let 

them by. If 

they
slow down later, you can pass them. Try not to consistently 

leapfrog 

people.

When someone does come up from behind you, asking "Would 

you like to go 

by?"
is a nice thing. They may be in a hurry, or they may be 

relieved to find

another horse to follow who's saner than their horse.





=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=


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!!



=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=









=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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!!

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Replies
Re: [RC] How do you NOT act like a newbie?, Barbara McCrary