RE: LD's training to move up

["Dawna Bynum-Boyd" <dawnab@pdx.wantweb.net>]

I "think" he was just injecting some humor, not missing the point.
Sometimes I think we all take things just a bit too serious, that includes
me.  Life is short and laughter is a great way to enjoy it.

Dawna


>Personally, I say "good for you--I have no problem with your concept of the
>sport".  But you are missing Angie's point, and the "subject" of the
>post--which is that training for speed at LD does not equip the horse to
>move up in distance.  "Perfecting" your performance at LD (if you mean
>placing higher) in fact creates a sprinter not a stayer, and HINDERS the
>horse's ability to learn to do longer rides.  If you don't WANT to move up,
>and many people don't, then the subject doesn't apply to you.  No rocks.
	Terre


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