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[RC] RC] YES WE CAN! - Carrie - Kitley, Carrie E Civ USAF AFSPC 30 MDSS/SGSLFPeople actually said those things to you?!! Wow!! That's REAL supportive! I think that's fantastic that you've done what you've done already!! You claim yourself as a relative "newbie" yet you've completed 100's. You're my hero! Lol And so is your horse! My Arab is from Arabian racing bloodlines and she's only completed one 50 and a quite a few LD's. Of course, part of that is MY decision and my own limitations, but farbeit for ANYONE in this sport to say you CAN'T do something. Sheesh. Some people. I think that 37-yr-old is proof positive that anything is possible. :) Kathy, My post and my list was addressing exactly that. It was in regard to the previous posts concerning the fright and flight response. (ie. the lightening) I think that's kinda what everybody has been getting down to, training to manage unacceptable bad behavior in scary situations, as well as what Kim Feuss said, trying to figure out HOW to MANAGE a "race brain" in wiggy horses. It sounds to me that people are falling on one side of the fence or another. "It's an Arab and race thing, and that's just the way it is" or "With enough money and time, like the UAE, then you can indeed train them to be focused and behaved". But then there are folks like Kim that seem to be saying; "Whatever it is, give me more tools, ideas, and techniques to put in my bag of tricks because I just want to improve my chances to do it safer and better".I love her attitude the best. I'm obviously straddling both the latter two ways of thinking. As for every breed being accepted in endurance Kathy, you betcha. We're still here only because most of the endurance riders went out of there way to make us feel welcome. But don't for a minute, think that I haven't continued to hear that I'm riding the "wrong breed" for this sport if I want to be serious about it. Boy there have been comments I have heard, about how I'm killing him because he's a Paso Fino and he's not meant to do this kind of sport. A lady at my first fifty said "oh no honey, he can't do a fifty, just try LD's". At our first 100 it was the same thing. And then there were THOUSANDS of dollars that were privately won and LOST as we crossed each and every vet check at Tevis. There were sooo many people that said we were never gonna even make it into the first vet check. No one can tell me that some people in this sport can't treat you like you have the IQ of a soap dish! Ah, but I just keep believing that ANYTHING is possible......And after Tevis,..... I got and framed a beautiful card from Julie Suhr congratulating us and telling me about starting out on Peruvian Pasos and to keep my head up and be proud. Now that it's finally stopped snowing for a few minutes, I'm gonna get off this computer, go saddle up the BUFFALO and go for a ride while I keep pondering that "just can't be done" theory and excuse. Melissa Margetts Telluride Colorado =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- Previous by date: [RC] Training question - Ranelle Rubin Next by date: Re: [RC] Training question - Elizabeth Walker Previous by thread: [RC] Training question Next by thread: [RC] "Race brain" -- using TTEAM to help Carrie Kitley 30th Medical Group, Vandenberg AFB DMLSS Database Sustainment Specialist (DSS) CACI International Inc, www.caci.com DSN: 276-1077 Fax: 805-606-1179 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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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