RE: Re: LD and BC

["Kathy Mayeda" <kathy_mayeda@atce.com>]

He never bolts on training rides and is VERY easy to control unless it's an
actual endurance ride.   I also learned from my mare not to let the horse
control ME.  And I occasionally ride with a "mob" and "race" up hills in a
CONTROLLED fashion.

So how do you specifically train for this?  I am just hoping that doing more
slow 50s as "training rides" will calm him down and he'll figure out that he
shouldn't burn himself out the first 25.  Am also looking into using a mild
curb bit like a Tom Thumb.

I've done some "controlled catastrophe training" with Deb Cooper, a Parelli
instructor and "kinda" working on my Level One stuff, so I know that the
mental thing is real important for horse and rider.

K.

-----Original Message-----
From:	SandyDSA@aol.com [mailto:SandyDSA@aol.com]
Sent:	Wednesday, July 05, 2000 2:39 PM
To:
Subject:	RC:  Re: LD and BC

In a message dated 7/5/00 1:15:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
kathy_mayeda@atce.com writes:

<< Just where the 25 milers split off from the 50's he took off at a
 mad gallop towards 25 miler's vet check (he remembered from a year
ago!)
 which is only 6 miles from the 25 mile finish.  Unfortunately, I had to
use
 the "pulley rein".  (Next issue - work on control during "races" - he
 normally is VERY EASY to control during training rides.) >>
ROTFLOL! And this is where as an instructor my opinion diverges from
many
others. To me, conditioning is not enough. The horse must be of a mental

state to at least maintain a modicum of self (or other) control in spite
of
what he most wants to do. Just as the show ring is no place to 'teach' a

horse not to duck out at fences, it is also not the place to teach a
horse
not to bolt. That takes time and is most safely done at home. It might
be
that this is the first time this particular horse has done this but
porbably
he has had these proclivities.

These things come with time and training - and not just on the horses'
parts.
s


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