What the Mileage has Done

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From: Bev Ryan 
Email: rikan@e-z.net

I purchased my first Arab last January to do endurance.  I thought for sure the first 6 months that he would  surely kill me.  Had all the spooking problems, rearing and just about everything you could think of he would try.  This guy will be 11 this year and for 9 years of his life he was a pasture ornament.  Today, just one year later he is a prince.  He did 7 50 mile endurance rides  last year, completing 5, and completing in the top ten of 4.  This winter we have taken 3 dressage lessons, and last week I took him team penning at our local fair grounds.  He is my trusty steed and wouldn't trade him for the world.  Butttttt  if you had asked me months ago I was ready to give up on him.  Just to let some of you know that it takes time to build trust and a lot of patience.