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: FW: [RC] GSFTR - Laney Humphrey

Hopefully someday complete stats for the ride will be put up on the website. I seem to remember (I was there acting as Volunteer Coordinator) that about 60 horses were entered, most days about 40 started although towards the end it got down to about 20. Two horses completed all 10 days but several more did 8 or 9 nine days.
Laney

Mike Sherrell wrote: 
How many horses started this ride and how many made it through all 10 days?
(Leavened with 3 days of recuperation, I think it was.)

I'm thinking that if you wanted to ride a decent, healthy, fit horse a long
ways, hundreds of miles, that the reasonable daily distance on flat,
rolling, and occasionally mountainous terrain would be more like 25-30
miles. Like say between the missions at San Francisco and San Diego. 50
miles doesn't seem do-able unless with an exceptional horse.

Regards,

Mike Sherrell
Grizzly Analytical
707 887 2919; fax 707 887 9834
www.grizzlyanalytical.com

-----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Keith Kibler
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 9:19 AM
To: Becky Hackworth
Cc: Ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC] GSFTR


Becky, I have no idea about what happened to him at that ride except
what I learned here and from a friend that was the
manager of the MIghty Oaks team. However, I have been on the receiving
end of worse than
a cold shoulder.  It happened at my first event and was obvious and
blunt. You see, I was
not on an arabian and was told to my face I didn't belong.  It was so
blunt and obvious that
two women from Indianna told me they were furious about  the way  some
(only some mind you)
of the other competitors acted towards me. They offered to crew for me
and help me.
  After we finished as the only gaited horse that day in the 50 and were
3rd and first
in our weight division, the race director told me that we had earned
major respect and
that their had been a meeting before the race (that of course I was no
invited to) at which
time they had discussed how to discourage me. It didnt work
   I was prayed up and nice anyway. Went back the next year, was top ten
again in the 50
and my wife and I both did likewise in the 30 .   We took a bunch of
gaited riders with us. One
did the 30 successfully in his first event and the rest crewed for us.
Most of them have agreed
to train this winter to give it a go for next year.  I had absolutely no
negative responce at the same
event this year.
    Cold sholdering does happen in all groups, shoot even churchs. The
test is  how you respond
to it and it sounds like the cowboy did perfect in trying to help
others. That is the way to
go imho, oh, and also to do your best to perform way over  expectations
of others.
    My favorite comment at that first event was "Are you sure you are
capable of sitting a horse
for 50 miles?" yup
Keith
Shawnee Sunrise Farm
Becky Hackworth wrote:

I have a REAL hard time thinking that anyone from our sport gave him
the cold shoulder.

    ----- Original Message -----
    *From:* susan golshani <mailto:susan.antonine@xxxxxxxxx>
    *To:* ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    *Sent:* Thursday, October 04, 2007 6:16 AM
    *Subject:* [RC] GSFTR

http://www.fresnobee.com/sports/story/154514.html

    --
    Susan Tweedale-Hill (Golshani)
    61500 Rose Hill Rd
    Salesville, OH 43778-9623
    1-740-679-2333



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

 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!!

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




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

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
FW: [RC] GSFTR, Mike Sherrell