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Re: RC: Posted today on a mostly Dressage Riders' BB . . .



Hmmm, think I've met that man.  He's the one who spends R100 000,00 on a
Warmblood, overjumps it at age three because he wants to compete in the
World Cup before the horse gets "too old" and then sells it six months later
because "the bastard kept stopping with me".


Soooo, he's taken up endurance, has he?


Tracey
-----Original Message-----
From: Deanna German <dgerman@earthlink.net>
To: Rides 2 Far <rides2far@juno.com>; ridecamp@endurance.net
<ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 3:51 PM
Subject: RC: RC: Posted today on a mostly Dressage Riders' BB . . .


>You have a gift, Angie. And I am grateful that you discovered it and are
>using it.
>
>I wonder how the person on the dressage list developed such a perception
>of endurance. I'm pretty sure it didn't come from one article in a horse
>publication. Maybe she talked to people like the guy I met last weekend
>on a hot, steamy Sunday morning.
>
>I was stomping around my local trails (on foot) looking for areas that
>wouldn't invlove asking my horse to go through knee deep suck mud. When
>I heard this man's horse through the trees, I called out "Hello, I don't
>want to startle your horse." As he approached, we struck up a
>conversation.
>
>His horse had mud up to his knees and I commented on that, saying that
>the horse was handling the mud well. He replied that he was very
>pleased, especially since the horse was a 5YO and Arab to boot. (I was
>going to guess that the horse was a Quarab but it just turn out that it
>was VERY fat. Huffing and puffing and sweating profusely) The
>conversation inevitably turned to the type of riding we both do. I
>always say I do "distance" riding because I haven't done endurance (50
>miles) yet. I said this and then went on to say that I'm trying to
>condition my coming 5YO and if I can't get out on trails, that I
>wouldn't be able to enter the rides coming up. He replied that he had
>done some "endurance" (I suspect he meant LD since a lot of people
>around here don't make the distinction) but that he doesn't do
>"endurance" anymore since he doesn't have the time to ride like he needs
>to.
>
>I said, "yeah, it's hard to get out every other day or so between work
>and weather." His reply was "you're riding your horse too much!"
>
>me: "Excuse me? Every other day is too much?" (I alternate ring-work
>with light trail-work and do a 10+ mile ride when I can bum trailer
>space; maybe once or twice a month)
>him: "Yeah, you can overdo it and stress them. When I was doing
>'endurance' I rode once a week. Heck, you talk to the people that ride
>the 50 milers, and they hardly ride at all between competitions."
>
>me: "But that's during the ride season, not while they're getting the
>horse into shape. You want to ride at least as many miles during the
>week as the competition mileage." (Yes, I am the all knowing newbie. Ha,
>ha, ha. I kill me.)  "Besides, if I enter a competition, I want to know
>my horse has a shot at placing." (A dream at this point... me and my
>horse haven't competed yet.)
>him: "Well, yeah, I rode 20 - 30 miles once a week and I placed a lot
>when I was competing."
>me: "? ? ? ? ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ? !"
>
>So here you have this guy on an extremely overweight, out-of-condition
>Arab telling people about his experience with endurance. Was he telling
>the truth? I suspected not (no sponge on the saddle made me suspicious),
>but how would a person outside the sport know? He rides Arabs, has an
>endurance saddle, talks the talk. Must know what he's talking about.
>
>Comments?
>
>Deanna
>
>
>
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