Re: Putting the horse 1st

[Chris Paus <paus@micoks.net>]

That reminds me of an encounter I had recently when I was out on a training
ride on Star. We were long-trotting down our favorite dirt road, with dogs
in tow, and when we crested the hill, we saw a cowgirl stopped dead in her
tracks on a nose-to-the-ground QH. The horse looked like he was sleeping.
She told me he was a 3 year old and a little nervous on the trail!!!! 

Anyway, there she was in her NBHA (National Barrel Horse Assn) saddle. She
eyed us up and down and asked "Do you do some kind of competition?"

I don't know what gave us away. Was it the Arabian horse? The Australian
saddle? The bright blue tights or the Troxel helmet????

chris

At 06:59 PM 3/23/98 PST, Sullys Maze wrote:
>REPLY TO 03/23/98 14:19 FROM ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: Putting the horse
1st
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>      Hats off to you and Moe!!!!!   THEY are the ones that will kill
>their horses, not stopping for water and balls to the wall.  You just
>hang in there Kathy, rememeber the story about the tortise and the hare.
>Linda
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>Linda Eisele & Sareei and
>hubby, Allen & LS Iceman
>& the young LS Lakota
>nevadaghostridr@webtv.net
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>My biggest laugh (and feelings of dismay on this subject) were the
>time my riding friend and I went to do a local Sheriff''s Posse
>Poker ride.  Picture them-all Western saddles, big fat horses,
>Western hats, Aussie black slickers.  Picture us-violent turquoise
>and purple biothane tack, black spandex tights, helmets, you get the
>picture.
>
>DESPITE having permission from the ride organizer that we could ride
>at our own pace and wait for the others at crossroads, one
>controlling posse member grumbled that we rode "too fast" and that
>HE had done endurance for years.
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>After riding about 2 1/2 hours in muggy wet weather, my friends and
>I were delighted to run into some huge muddy puddles with probably
>65 degree water.  Perfect!  All the water you could want, and not
>chilled either.  As our horses waded in and slurped down gallons of
>water, the know-it-all commented that HE would not let HIS horse
>drink from puddles, after all, that was what caused the horses to
>pee brown!
>
>Karen
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