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Re: RE: Re: LD and BC



Some things just can't be simulated at home!  


Maggie Mieske
Mieske's Silver Lining
10601 S. Richards Rd.
McBain, Michigan 49657
http://www.netonecom.net/~mmieske
mmieske@netonecom.net

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> From: Kathy Mayeda <kathy_mayeda@atce.com>
> To: SandyDSA@aol.com
> Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: RC:  RE: Re: LD and BC 
> Date: Thursday, July 06, 2000 1:10 PM
> 
> 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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