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On Mon, 13 Oct 1997 00:19:02 -0400 (EDT) Naztari@aol.com writes:
>Excuse me while I gloat. I took my 11yo daughter to her first LD at
>Ft
>Gordon, Ga this weekend. She had been telling me she could do 25
>miles and I
>was kind of skeptical but told her if she was serious that I would
>take her.
> She then started riding nearly everyday around where we live. I
>talked to
>her about the starts, that we didn't know how her little Arab would
>act with
>all the excitement but she wanted to run with everyone else. Well, we
>went,
>she was great! Her sadddle was loose and almost lost her saddle pad
>out from
>under the saddle so it had to be fixed shortly after starting. Later
>her
>horse spooked and my daughter tumbled off but brushed herself off and
>jumped
>back on and rode off. At the vet check the P&R person wondered aloud
>if the
>horse was still alive as it's heart was barely beating. She had had
>some
>trouble controlling her horse with her eggbutt snaffle so she changed
>bits at
>the vet check...her own idea...and had a much better 2d loop. We did
>the
>10mile loop in 46 minutes. Then at the end we jumped off the horses,
>pulled
>the saddles and went to the P&R at 60bpm (my horse wasn't though). She
>was
>7th overall, first junior, 5th BC! Now there will be some talk about
>this
>ride having a problem because of trail markers missing but even with
>that,
>this little girl and her little Arab did a wonderful job! Her fathers
>horse
>was a little frazzled from carrying such a heavy load and trying to
>keep up
>with his pasture buddy and ended up 15th. I just thought that the
>whole
>world should hear about how well my daughter did.
>
>Thanks for indulging me,
>A Proud Daddy!!
>
>
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