[RC] A name with an explanation for Julie - janet palma
Julie,
I have always been treated great at every ride I've gone to and I have yet to put my horse to the test of a 50. I really don't believe very many riders are worrying about what distance anyone else is going. I do think there's some pride involved with riding a 50 or 100, as there should be if the horse looks good at the end.
I was turned on to the sport by a very classy rider with an incredible ride record. She did a limited distance ride with me to show me the ropes, and I'll be forever grateful.
But at least one ridecamper "Normanjudyu" says, "I thinks LD is the ruination of endurance". I think he felt that way because of the man beating his tired horse at the Mariposa ride. But that guy was not an LD rider, he was a fluke. It would be like me going to a roping competition on my little Arab with her red plastic tack and my fat stirrups in tights and a helmet and trying to win the thing!
