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Re: [RC] Horse color and night riding. - Rosalie MarleyI had a friend I used to ride with in Maryland on her local trails (far from my "local" trails). We'd be riding through the woods (after dark) above the Susquehana River - the river was easily seen but the trails meandered through streams and up and down little hillocks. The only thing that saved me was that my friend rode her grey and wore a white helmet! Easy to follow in the moonlight that filtered into the woods. I couldn't see my own ride (a borrowed bay) under me! "Floating in Space" describes it well! Rosalie --- "Dean A. Conti" <dean@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I thought all the discussions about horse color were rather academic, until last night. I wasn't able to get out on our training ride until after 4PM and went further than I should have. Visibility wasn't too bad until we got to a section of narrow, downhill, switchback single track trail through a dense stand of Fir trees around 8PM. As hard as I tried I could not see ANY definition of ANYTHING on the ground or down the trail. I gave Jimmy his head and he did the "marble rolling" nose on the ground thing. I wondered if he was feeling the trail with his whiskers! Is there such a thing as horsy radar? The advantage of a grey horse in this situation is I got to see a faint glow of his neck and head so at least I knew which way was down. On a Bay or Chestnut it would have been like floating in deep space. "Beam me up Scotty". Dean and Jimmy (who wants to know what you should call a horse that is brown and green on the sides/top, with white legs and belly - Appayuka or Palosplotcho?) Rosalie Marley Ride the Tiger! http://TigerHorseFarms.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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