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> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 16:48:33 -0700
> From: Pete Occhialini <poko@jps.net>
> Short of actually running into a horse at speed and surprising it,
there
> is no reason for an endurance horse to be kicking out because he is
> bumped.  We frequently ride in groups, and sudden stops have had 3 or
4
> of us running into each other. (probably riding too close, but that's
> another story) Our horses are accepting of this and if not, they
> shouldn't be doing rides with up to 60 or 70 other horses on single
> track trail or any other trail for that matter.  It's a dangerous vice

> and I wish Katja had seen the number of the rider, because apparently
> his horse kicked at someone else at the same ride.  At the very least,

> this rider should have had a red ribbon on the tail.  By the way,
Katja
> rode with us on the ARR and her horse was in the front, the middle and

> the back, and was very well behaved himself.
>
> Karin O.

hey Karin,

     The guys number was 562, and I'm waiting for the list of riders to
be published to see who it is.  I don't think the intent of her
experience though, is to start wars on ridecamp over kicking, and I sure
hope it does not.   There are too many other good things to talk about
and no one is gonna change their mind.

    Bob, I know too that Mario is also raised on good rolling pasture
and lives a life in herd and leisure between his training rides and
endurance.  Yet he tolerates much, regardless he of the fact that he is
also pretty dominant in the his herd.  I wonder what life the kicking
horse leads.

Also, Mario is raised on a large pasture with a herd and is pretty
dominent.  Yet he doesn't kick.  My guy Mystery is raised the same and
also dominant.  He has kicked in the past.  Is the tendancy to kick just
stronger in some animals than in others?

Bob, would you not agree that we, as responsible horsepeople, must work
harder to control that stronger tendancy if we insist on riding these
horses in public?  We should teach them to tolerate more, knowing they
have this stronger tendancy, and give others fair warning.  If not for
their sake, than for the horses sake, and to show we can be responsible
and caring horsepeople.

Kimberly "the crew"
& Mystery the Morab "yeah, I don't like you behind me but I've gotta
take it"
Pt.Reyes, CA

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> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 16:48:33 -0700
> From: Pete Occhialini <poko@jps.net>
> Short of actually running into a horse at speed and surprising it, there
> is no reason for an endurance horse to be kicking out because he is
> bumped.  We frequently ride in groups, and sudden stops have had 3 or 4
> of us running into each other. (probably riding too close, but that's
> another story) Our horses are accepting of this and if not, they
> shouldn't be doing rides with up to 60 or 70 other horses on single
> track trail or any other trail for that matter.  It's a dangerous vice
> and I wish Katja had seen the number of the rider, because apparently
> his horse kicked at someone else at the same ride.  At the very least,
> this rider should have had a red ribbon on the tail.  By the way, Katja
> rode with us on the ARR and her horse was in the front, the middle and
> the back, and was very well behaved himself.
>
> Karin O.

hey Karin,

     The guys number was 562, and I'm waiting for the list of riders to be published to see who it is.  I don't think the intent of her experience though, is to start wars on ridecamp over kicking, and I sure hope it does not.   There are too many other good things to talk about and no one is gonna change their mind.

    Bob, I know too that Mario is also raised on good rolling pasture and lives a life in herd and leisure between his training rides and endurance.  Yet he tolerates much, regardless he of the fact that he is also pretty dominant in the his herd.  I wonder what life the kicking horse leads.

Also, Mario is raised on a large pasture with a herd and is pretty dominent.  Yet he doesn't kick.  My guy Mystery is raised the same and also dominant.  He has kicked in the past.  Is the tendancy to kick just stronger in some animals than in others?

Bob, would you not agree that we, as responsible horsepeople, must work harder to control that stronger tendancy if we insist on riding these horses in public?  We should teach them to tolerate more, knowing they have this stronger tendancy, and give others fair warning.  If not for their sake, than for the horses sake, and to show we can be responsible and caring horsepeople.

Kimberly "the crew"
& Mystery the Morab "yeah, I don't like you behind me but I've gotta take it"
Pt.Reyes, CA

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