Fw: Endurance

["Claudia Provin" <provincmk@fanninelectric.com>]

From: Claudia Provin <provincmk@fanninelectric.com>
And <GoldenCMK@aol.com>

ridecamp:   We had been going to send the post below--but judging from
Sarah's response today (there must be others like her), we may have been
right after all in becoming interested in endurance.   Just so you will know
what we
have/had been thinking as a result of the recent postings, we will go ahead
and
send it, which is:

 Dear ridecamp members----we have/had been very interested in becoming
involved in endurance riding, thinking that it was a competition primarily
against the trail, and "all" it required was common sense
conditioning (lots of long hours and wet saddle blankets) of horse and rider
and common sense riding (knowing and understanding your horse and yourself).
But from what we are reading on ridecamp, it requires state-of-the-art
equipment and monitoring and supplements out the kazoo.   We are fast
losing interest in this so-called sport and feel like the motto SHOULD be
changed to "To Win is to Win" (else why the emphasis on getting more out of
the horse).   Or---are there indeed riders out there who compete and compete
well without all this "stuff" we have been reading about???

A second concern we have, as breeders of Arabians:  If horses continue to be
supplemented and raced "artificially" (in our opinion, humble as it is),
will this evolve into a generation of horses that cannot compete and compete
well without the supplements, etc.?

 Maria Wallis
My Golden Farm
 and
Claudia Provin
Provin's Promises
Breeders of CMK Arabian Horses



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