[RC] Endurance, the friendly sport - Laura MarshallDear All, I'd like to welcome all breeds of equines and all breeds of horse people to come join us on some rides in the Central region. We're pretty friendly, we have some amazing vets and offer a diversity of trails from the challenges of the Missouri Ozarks (gorgeous ride in St. Louis Oct. 20th) to a very doable accurate well marked 100's in Texas. My experience in every group for every type of activity is a consistent 2-5% jerk turn-out, always leaving a strong impression and fun to talk about afterwards, 95% of the well intended, 1% I'll recognize later without their horse or helmet, and very few I'll ever see during work days to put together or clean-up after an event. The article on Ja Allen was just a simple attention getting story on a colorful (or in his case more Black and white, white shirt, black jeans on a gorgeous B&W mare for most of the ride...they had style going on!) participant in the GSFTR who did a good job with his horses which he should be proud of. Clearly, it struck some nerves! I don't really think it represents what most of us experience in the endurance community. I ride in endurance more than CTRs for a number of reasons, one of which is that I found the endurance crowd in my area to be some of the nicest people I could meet. Happy Trails, Laura =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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