RE: [RC] race brain behavior vs. training. - Ginger Bill
What about Polo Ponies as they are extremely active and travel alot? Ginger
> Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 17:45:59 -0700 > From: margetts@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [RC] race brain behavior vs. training. > > Holy cow! I was actually ASSUMING that they HAD been more trained, > prepared, experienced etc. than any other horses in the world at this > level. But at this event they certainly didn't act like the "perfectly > trained" horses jvm said they were. That's why there was the question as > to what the hell happened and is this just what is normal, common, > expected and accepted at WEC and if you see this happen all the time at > these kinds of rides.Do these types of endurance race horses just forget > all that training we know they've been given, easier than other horses > when it's time to perform? Like I said before, I've just never seen it > in coverage of other top level equestrian sporting events like dressage > at the Olympics. I have only seen it at racing events while the handlers > are trying to get the horses into the gate, and attributed THAT to "race > brain" and the inexperience of those being two year olds. When the > question was first brought up, it was explained by the weather and the > excitement of the event, the travel and change of conditions. But this > type of behavior doesn't seem to happen with other types of events that > have the kinds of challenges. My guess still is that it was a combo of a > lot of these things but that a great part falls on the tendency for the > horses for this type of event excel precisely because they were chosen > because they HAVE a "race brain". But along with that quality they are > probably more apt than most to just "loose it" than other breeds in > other sports. It's also my guess that a rider WANTS them to keep that > "race brain" in order to be competitive to win, and not train it OUT of > them, but in turn, is challenged with the continuing NEED to continually > try and train even more manners into them than other sports just so they > can focus that "race brain" on the task at hand. > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > 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!! > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >
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