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Angie,

 

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Jody

rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> I keep thinking of bits of the weekend that I have not adequately
> reported and this is one of them. I've got a monkey on my back. It was
> put there by Stagg Newman. (thanks Stagg). He said (before he announced
> *who* was the proud recipient) that the person who received it had to
> discuss it in written form and in public speaking engagements for the
> next year, so here goes.
>
> I am not at all sure that I have the history of the monkey straight. I
> *think* the story went that one fellow had completed the OD 9 times. but
> when he started his quest for the tenth things started going wrong and
>  he
> had several non-completion years...he had the monkey on his back. People
> started to kid him about it and it was a hard time, but *finally* he
> finished. When he did (geez, wish I had Stagg here to correct my errors)
> he gave Maggie Price (who had not completed that year) a hug, and when he
> turned loose he had slipped this "necklace" consisting of a bit of nylon
> rope, a safety pin and a plastic gorilla, around her neck with the
> "Monkey on *her* back". Maggie and Stagg are the only two time recipients
> of "the monkey". To get rid of the monkey, you have to complete OD. You
> can only bestow it on someone who did not complete that year. So after
> winning OD in 2004, Stagg didn't complete in 05 and received the monkey.
> He didn't do the ride in 06, so for 2 years he had been the not so proud
> owner of the "Monkey on the Back". He was so determined to get rid of it
> at the pre-ride meeting that I thought he meant to be conservative this
> year,
>  but he managed to tie for first *and* get the monkey off his back.
>
> So...enter me. The person who has compete in endurance for 20 years now,
> within 9 hours of the OD trail and had resisted all urging to go attempt
> it on my own horses. Finally, someone else (Jody Buttram) offers their
> mount up and I figure, "I'll go have a look at it ONCE". Then Stagg
> bestows me with their Blessed Monkey of the Long Tradition" that HAS to
> come back...and can only come back to them when *I* successfully complete
> the trail! UGH! I'm cursed! 
>
> Can I just put the weekend behind me? No. I am already trying to figure
> out where I can come up with a horse that will finish OD. My horse
> Gunner, who attempted his first 100 at Biltmore and was doing wonderfully
> until he got a vague mystery lameness after 70 miles of fetlock deep mud
> is still "vaguely mysteriously lame" :-((((( I bought a ticket on the
> Asgard Arabian...but it will be *years* before I could
>  compete him there
> and I turned 47 TODAY! I've always been goal oriented, but I can tell you
> right now this monkey's got something special about him that is really
> making this thing seem urgent. I HAVE to it back to Virginia...no matter
> what. Send all leads on extremely affordable 100 mile horses for sell or
> loan to: rides2far@xxxxxxxx! 
>
> Angie McGhee
> http://www.lightersideofendurance.com
>
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