Does anyone hold clinics for beginners?

[Amanda Perez <amandaperez@ureach.com>]

  In Dave Nicholsons reply, he said: "First, you should know
that I have suggested to every ride manager that I can think 
of,  that the LD ride be separated from the longer rides so 
that we don’t have to work them all at the same time.   Many 
times I have offered to come to the rides early to participate 
in a clinic.  If the LD rides are to be a training ride for 
young horses and new riders, we should be spending more time 
with them, not less."

  I would ***LOVE*** t attend an endurance clinic oriented 
towards neophytes, where you learn how to do pulse/respiration, 
interpret gut sounds, etc, how to evaluate your conditioning, 
tips for controlling your horse during the start etc.  It would 
also be great to check out a variety of endurance saddles etc.  
Ideally such a clinic would be coupled with an LD ride, but 
would not have to be.  Being in Virginia, there are not all 
that many rides near here for me to attend.  I plan to 
volunteer at one of the Old Dominion rides this spring, but it 
sure would be nice to have a have a clinicwhere I could ask ALL 
my stupid questions without feeling like I am detracting from  
the 'main event'.

  If anyone thinks this would be a good I dea, I volunteer to 
help coordinate it.

Amanda Perez


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