Congrats on your Jr rider, My 8 year old finished her first LD last
month and is ready to do more. She even wrote a paragraph for the local
horse club, which was published, and I would hate for anyone here to get a hold
of that.
Mark Proud father and sponsor
In a message dated 6/12/2008 11:09:22 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
dragnin100@xxxxxxxxx writes:
Hello All,
First off, please don't proof my writing, I live in Alabama and I
am sure that it sucks. :o
I have been reading all this about the jr, and the article, and who
should tell who, and how much experience and blah, blah, blah.
I have a jr rider, she is *almost* 14 yrs. old. She started at age
8. I would bet, that she has more "experience" than most on this
list. Without trying to sound braggy, (sp?) she has over 4000 endurance
miles, no LD's. She has at least ten 100 mile rides, all were one day
rides. She has two OD 100 belt buckles, she has one NC 100 mile
championship title. So, with all that, is she able to write a decent
"how to article"? I doubt it. BUT, she is young, and she is still
learning, like ALL of us. So, try not to be so nasty about this kid that
did do the Tevis.....she is still young, and she is still learning. And
this type of mouthing doesn't help the image of the sport or promote it to
other people. We should just read it as, her experience, and her advise,
then do what is best for us. I understand that people think that it can
present badly to total newbies. But newbies aren't stupid, just
inexperienced. So, don't you think that they may ask someone's opinion
about things that appear drastic to them? Nowadays, people don't live in
a shell, and just show up after doing no telling what to prepare and try a 100
miler. They network, read LOTS, and talk to other riders.
Jody
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