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Re: [RC] Endurance or no? - rides2far*raises hand slowly* I've occasionally been shocked at the "bags of bones" that I've seen ride pictures of, and seen in person at rides. It used to be in style to ride skinny horses. People thought they needed to be thin to be good endurance horses. For the most part, that time's past. I very seldom see a ribby horse at a ride. I've got a photocopy of an old article written by Kerry RIdgway that was putting forth the controversial suggestion that horses shouldn't be thin. There's a photo of a mare in it that looks like something off a rescue site but the caption said something like, "This mare won a 50 the week before but may not have the reserves to run again this week". Back at my first ride I remember one of the "local stars" confided that she always kept a sheet over her horse when she got to a ride so other riders wouldn't know how "fit" he was. All that time I'd thought she was doing it so nobody would call the Human Society! I have one ribby horse in the field right now. This is kind of a first for me, I'm keeping him for a friend. He's eating more feed than the others, has had his teeth done, getting oil, probiotics and alfalfa plus free choice coastal...then he has the *nerve* to stand around where the neighbors can see him and look as if he's not getting fed! He's a fun ride but I cringe at the idea of taking him to a ride and people looking at him wondering why I don't feed him. Take a look at the horse's expression & eye before you judge too harshly. An overtrained, over ridden horse will look dull. Angie (getting ready to try the Panacur Purge on ol' Bones) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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