Re: RC: Fwd: RC: 5 year olds doing 100's

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/14/99 4:24:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
Endure4fun@aol.com writes:

<< Why do we feel we have to take a young horse and MAKE it do a 100 mile 
 endurance ride?  I know it is because the ouwner/rider doesn't want to wait 
 until bones and aditude are mature.  they want to get out with friends and 
 compete and ?show? off their great horse.  How long is that young horse 
going 
 to last?  It is the same as "mare in foal" Yes, horses of all ages have to 
 run in the wild, the difference is, they don't do a 100 miles at one time, 
 they don't have a rider on their back, or shoes on their feet, or all the 
 other stuff we make our "partners" wear.  >>

Well, this applies to ALL horses.  I guess we should all just quit and go 
home, and turn our horses loose in the wild...  Personally, I feel that it 
all boils down to individual good judgment for each individual case--as it 
does for ANY horse starting ANY ride, even an evening jaunt out from the 
stable.

Heidi 


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