Re: RC: RE: Endurance and CTR

[Truman Prevatt <truman.prevatt@netsrq.com>]

Don't let him know there is a start.  Take the horse the other direction
for a walk. Take some carrots and keep his mind on you and don't even
let him see the other horses.  When you get back say 10 minutes after
they have gone, the camp should be fairly quiet.

Truman

Dyane Smith wrote:
> 
> Truman,
> I think you have a point.  I was always afraid to even try endurance with
> Suni because he was crazed watching horses walk away from the start every 30
> seconds and, you're right, he bonded to the horse in front until he passed
> him and realized there was another in front of that horse.  However, I have
> never understood how people can get their horses to wait quietly for ten
> minutes after a yahoo start with 20-80+ other horses.  At one CTR ride which
> had been timed much too slow for us, I had planned to stay in camp during
> the lunch break to let everyone get a 20-30 minute start on us.  The horses
> left in groups of 2-3, at a walk, about 100 yards from where Suni was tied
> to his own trailer with his riding buddy.  Sun nearly pulled the trailer
> over trying to leave with the rest.
> So anyway, long story.  I want to do endurance with Fox, so I'd love to know
> the secret of a quiet start.
> Dyane
> N. Cal.
> 
>

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Truman Prevatt
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