RE: [RC] [RC] cold shoulder, different ride times? - Bob Morris
Donna:
Before you even start your first endurance
or LD ride you have failed to complete the ride.
One of the most important attributes that
a distance rider must have is “CONFIDENCE!”, the confidence
that they as a rider have the ability to go the distance no matter how short or
long. No matter the horse, if the rider does not believe that they can do it,
they have failed before the start. Excuses will never get you to the finish.
Bob Morris
Morris Endurance Enterprises
Boise, ID
-----Original Message----- From:
ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Donna Deyoung Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007
2:14 PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] cold
shoulder, different ride times?
<<<AERC time limits have been set
for 35 years and all breeds of horses seem capable of finishing within the
limits. If the horse cannot finish 50 miles in 12 hours, which generally
includes about 1.5 hours of mandatory vet checks, then you are riding too slow.
50 miles divided by 10.5 hours averages 4.76 mph.>>>
the example assumes that you are riding forward at a
minimum pace for 10.5 hrs and never stop or pause to give your horse water, let
him graze for a minute, take a break other than vet cks, etc.
I've been doing long, slow recreational distance
riding for many years. I want to give endurance riding a try. I'm just having a
hard time wrapping my mind around the speed. maybe I will surprise myself.
PS. I own a half-draft (don't intend on riding her in endurance)
and I highly doubt she could finish a 50 mile ride in 12 hrs in Texas. Maybe up
north. And my Andalusians would roll their eyeballs and faint if I suggested
it. Not that they couldn't do it, I just doubt they have the desire. :) the
task is left up to my newly acquired Peruvian...he likes to go, but his little
legs don't cover alot of ground!
D
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