[RC] Fort Valley not exactly done by one! - Charles Coleman
My new motto of "done by one" which has
worked just fine for the 170 miles of LDs Hawk and me have done this year was
not going to happen this past weekend. I knew this long before I signed on the
dotted line as Hawk has finished over 1100 miles of competition in the
Massanutten Mountains. However we needed only 30 more miles to receive LD
recognition in the year end awards so off we went. Hearing what
climbs we had on the first loop and that it was 18 miles I figured that in
itself would take till one!
Ah me of little faith once we got to the
roads Hawk kicked into his Amish road buggy trot and we were in and pulsed at
10:57. Now just 12 miles of what I called the zoom-zoom loop which Hawk gladly
had a blast passing many horses course I did not tell him they would all
outpulse the old Morgan which of course they did. We pulsed at 1:37 not bad. Art
King vetted Hawk through as he was the vet at Hawks first ride many years ago
and I thought it befitting he be the one to vet his last. So officially Hawk
retires with 5,020 AERC miles 230 LDs miles and around 6600 ECTRA miles not bad
for a horse who never did a ride till he was 10.
I would have loved to stayed and help
Saturday at but the cold raw dampness plays havoc on my old bones and hubbys as
well. This is a great ride and I will always have good memories of it on Hawk.
Morgan Power! Mary
