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RE: [RC] [RC] Horses and "fun" - Jim HollandCheryl... Congratulations....you have arrived. You have your priorities in order. I started Endurance many years ago the same way...that "trail rider buddy" became my Endurance mentor....and taught me that you always ride with the welfare of your horse foremost in your mind...always. My neighbor Linda has been riding "Sunny" off and on for exercise, since he is "retired". I have been "laid off" for some time due to medical problems and some surgery. Lately Linda has been riding him with me and Magic a lot as I try to get back into shape. The other day on the way home she commented "Sunny reads my mind....I was thinking I should trot here and he did...and then I wanted to walk...and he did...but I never cued him!!!" She is beginning to understand what it means to be "part of the horse"..not know where you end and he begins and the communication becomes empathic. One horse, one rider, many miles. Sadly, too many just don't "get it" and will never experience that "bond". Obviously, you...AND your horse...do...and it's FUN for both of you. Don't lose it...it's priceless. Best.... Jim, Sun of Dimanche+, and Mahada Magic Richard T. "Jim" Holland Three Creeks Farm 175 Hells Hollow Drive Blue Ridge, Ga 30513 (706) 258-2830 www.threecreeksarabians.com Callsign KI4BEN -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cheryl Charlamagne Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 9:33 PM To: neyska@xxxxxxxxxxx; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [RC] [RC] Horses and "fun" With that said..... I got "into" horses because of the love of the horse and the love to ride. I started riding when I was young and dumb.. but years got by the wayside and I started riding again as-should I say...an "adult".. I trail rode with a endurance rider. The trail rides then became conditioning rides ,which became endurance rides. I don't have thousands of miles behind my belt, but I have thousands of miles of fun times spent with my horse. I started riding 25 milers and went to 50's. Then my horse, 2 weeks after my 1st 50 came up lame. What went wrong?? I took her to the vet. I X-rayed her whole right front end, with no determination. After several months of intermeditate walking, she was fine again. Then back to conditioning.....we cantered and crashed.. now it is my imagination of fear running away with me.... We ride on the trails by the farm, we ride at the park, we ride in the arena.. Sometimes, you can tell she is bored with the "now" and other times you can tell she is working back into the rythym of the conditioning rides.. But the horse is much like me.. I get bored riding the same old ways, the same old trails, I can cut her some slack for the days neither one of wants to ride but we do.. But when she is in the game.... IT IS SOME KIND OF FUN... I will do what I have always said I will do... I will do endurance as long as it is fun and as long as she is able.. and if she is no longer able to do endurance, then I will trail ride... but whatever I decide to do with my horse. IT WILL BE FUN!!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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