Re: RE: Slower Ld's

["Whitney Bass" <wbass@montananet.com>]

 Kathy,   Just wanted you to know that I read every word of your post AGAIN,
and would still respond exactly the same way.  I wasn't putting you down or
saying you did wrong -- just offering my opinion, and suggestions.  But to
say that you've done "all your homework"????  I've been on horses for 24
years and endurance riding for 15 -- and I don't think I will ever have done
"all my homework".  There is truly an ENDLESS amount of info to learn about
horses, and endurance riding -- don't ever be too sure that you know it all,
that's when you'll stop learning.  I understand it was your first ride and
you didn't know he was going to be that way -- my point was that I know
SEASONED endurance horses who have those bad habits of being rude and trying
to cut off other horses, and I find them dangerous.  So, don't expect things
like that to necessarily go away with more rides --although they may.  And I
was also trying to stress that you don't need to start with ANYBODY (not
even the last 1/4 of the pack).  Sorry if I offended you (I must have,
judging by your reply), it certainly wasn't intended.  Happy trails.

 Whitney
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kathy Mayeda" <kathy_mayeda@atce.com>
> To: "Whitney Bass" <wbass@montananet.com>; "Ridecamp"
> <Ridecamp@endurance.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 2:12 PM
> Subject: RE: RE: Slower Ld's
>
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> > You didn't read my message either.  I've done all my homework.  I have
> > had one bad ride my first ride and I've learned to manage it by starting
> > later.  Said this several times. Thanks for the advice after the fact.
> > In fact, you have regurgitated my own solution to the problem that
> > I posted before.
> >
> > The last ride I did we started in the last 1/4 of the people and ended
> > up 18th out of about 80, and other than wanting to go pretty fast,
> > he was pretty well behaved.  I truly believe that this could only
> > be achieved by more experience (on my part, too - I might not have
> > been concentrating too much in controlling him either because of my
> > own excitement).
> >
> > My point is that I DID NOT KNOW THAT HE WAS GOING TO BEHAVE THAT WAY
> > ON OUR FIRST RIDE!!!!  HE MORPHED INTO A DIFFERENT BEAST.
> >
> >
> > K.