RE: [RC] Training - Melissa:-) - Christina McCarthy
I have been to many/and or competing in endurance events/foxhunting/ctrs/horse shows/horse racing/eventing/ etc where Horses (Arab or other) have acted dangerously and stupidly. In group situations as a herd, horses will do this. Horses are unpredictable herbivores'...run first, stop then assess the situation. Add to the chaos human emotion, up the stakes and Bam...explosion. Then again, horses don't even need all that much to set them off...that is why riding is a Dangerous and unpredictable sport.
I am glad no one was hurt, and I hope Becky is feeling better..Yeah USA! C
Not for nothing, I have scene this type of behavior at little kids soccer games...by the parents!
Best Regards, Christina D McCarthy
American Riding Instructors Association ARICP Certified, Level II Distance & Pleasure Riding
"Calme, en avant, droit et léger" "Calm, forward, right and light" " In place of playing with fear to obtain submission it's better to capture the horse's confidence to obtain his consent" ~GeneralL'Hotte, head of the Cadre Noir from 1864-1870
If your horse says no, you either asked the wrong question, or asked the question wrong. ~Pat Parelli
> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > From: vascthompson@xxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [RC] Training - Melissa:-) > Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 16:22:45 -0800 > > Well, Melissa, since Cabo is one of those horses that lives with lions, > tigers and bears I can't imagine a little unfamiliar territory and top > notch competition phasing him!!! However, those of us with NORMAL > horses (;-) just sort of take this kind of behavior for granted. You > also have to realize that we're looking at Arabs here - not really > known for having much of a brain to begin with - what little they have > can get lost pretty easily. My motto has always been the higher they > carry their heads the quicker their brains leak out (you'd think with > all that bucking they'd push their brains back up where they belong, > but those things are so tiny they get lost pretty easy - stuck in the > nether regions somewhere I guess). Perhaps these top notch riders need > a saddle horn to hold onto so they can just ride out the storm. Give > them Larry Mayhan(sp?) riding lessons. I could go on like this > forever, God I'm having fun with this one! > > Every horse I've owned has been trained extremely well, and every > single one had moments of total uncontrollability. Most of those > moments came when total control was needed most - in the middle of a > bunch of horses going fast. To top that off, none of my horses has > been an Arab (well, until now, but Hawkeye isn't old enough to be > ridden yet). > > I'm not the least surprised by the antics at the start of the WEC (I > was more surprised by the number of riders that got dumped and couldn't > keep hold of the reins). I was surprised at how long it took for the > horses to calm down and just get on with the business at hand. I'm > surprised the vets put up with that garbage at the checks. Perhaps the > reason why we don't win the international races is because we hold back > our horses in the beginning and the other countries run that nonsense > out of theirs. > > OK people, except for the bit about Cabo being a cool cookie, this > whole entire post needs to be taken as tongue in cheek. Nothing, and I > mean NOTHING is to be taken as serious and/or insightful thinking. I'm > just envisioning spurs and chaps and ten gallon hats with pick-up > riders chasing down the loose broncs at next years WEC! > > Tori > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > 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!! > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >
