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Yes, that's my point.  When one of us pops around a corner doing a 12mph trot,
the average trail user probably thinks that we're about to trample them to
death.  Put 3 or 4 horses side-by-side and whether they're trotting, cantering
OR galloping you're gonna scare the bejeezus outta those people.

SO, I'm just saying, let's remember that **even during a race** we need to be
cautious on trails we share with other users.  Don't gallop around corners, be
courteous when you come up on people on foot/bike.  Just because it's a race
doesn't mean the world revolves around us (I'll be the first to say I'm guilty
of thinking that way from time to time!).

I would even suggest not taking up the entire lane when riding down paved roads
if there is vehicle traffic.  That is something I witness with my own eyes all
the time.  I can understand two horses side by side, but why do 3-5 horses need
to ride side by side on pavement?  Why not single file in the sand alongside?

I can just see myself with a real mess on my hands if this landowner sees
anything this year, and I can't be the only one out there dealing with this
sort of thing.

Sharon Levasseur, Ride Manager
Hot Toddy Hustle I & II
September 22-23, 2007
Orland, Maine
www.zegifts.com/HTH



Quoting Sheila_Larsen@xxxxxxx:

> Whoa it must be the reallly be the perception of the land owner that horses
> weighing 2,000 to 3,000 pounds are galloping at 40 mph.  A quick google
> search showed thoroughbreds at 40 mph and something about a quarter horse
> clocked at 50 mph at the finish.  They don't weight 2,000 pounds, I am
> thinking on the lines of draft horses running.  Lots of noise.... not much
> speed.
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> The wind flew.  God told to wind to condense itself and out of the flurry
> came the horse.  But with the spark of spirit the horse flew by the wind
> itself.
>     - Marguerite Henry's King of the Wind
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