Re: RC: Re: Norco Riverdance Ride

[Trailrite@aol.com]

    I was at the Norco ride.  As I posted earlier, we had 12 riders there.  I 
didn't see any of this (scared vets. Vs out of line horses).  Maybe some 
wiggly ones because they were excited and new to the commotion.  I must have 
missed a lot. :)
    I do agree that there were a lot of newbies at this ride.  I thought that 
was a great thing as far as promotion of endurance riding goes.  Maybe some 
people just didn't know about the pre-ride exam or they had no idea about how 
to prepare for such a thing.  Horses will surprise you on how different they 
will behave in large crowds.  Sometimes you think your ready and then, oops, 
your horse is acting like an idiot. :)      Maybe one or two horses started a 
sort of pattern and it became a chain reaction type of thing.  I think with 
this type of behavior, it only tells me that we only need to help educate our 
new riders into the sport.  I personally liked the vets, and with 12 riders, 
we got to see and know them pretty well.
Tammy Robinson
Trail-Rite


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