I can't even imagine what my horse would do in all that chaos!! I think she'd need a straight-jacket, some Lithium and a really good shrink for a few years to come. lol
~Carrie <\_~ // \\
"The wind of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears."
~ Old Arabian Proverb
--- On Tue, 11/11/08, Elizabeth Walker <bwalker2@xxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Elizabeth Walker <bwalker2@xxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [RC] ear plugs and blinkers To: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 9:35 AM
Yeah - I can understand this. How "usual" is this kind of excitement
for other international rides? Do they all draw this level of crowd? If not, I
can certainly understand a good percentage of the horses deciding that something
must be terribly wrong. After all - why are all these people screaming?
And cooling fans? Can't say I've ever run into one of those at a horse
venue....
On Nov 10, 2008, at 8:22 PM, Steph Teeter wrote:
> This is pretty much the consensus from people that were here. The music
AND the screaming cheering people (thousands) that lined the first 1/2 mile of
the course.
>
> I also noticed that during first inspection - when horses had to pass
under the fans in the cooling area and where the vets were standing - some of
them got over-excited and had to be taken out into the open. The whirring seemed
to bother them considerably.
>
> Steph
>
> >>
>> I was listening to the music on the live stream: IT WAS THE MUSIC
THAT DROVE THE HORSES CRAZY!!
>>
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