Was Australian. Now CTR and Endurance

["beth glover" <bgloverhrsewmn@hotmail.com>]

I agree with you Truman. Although I am primarily a NATRC rider here in California, I have done a few Endurance rides, and there have been NATRC friends at every endurance ride I've attended. I know several friends who do both, off the top of my head I'd say, a dozen who regularly do both. I know a few NATRC folks who mainly do CTR, but pop out for their annual Tevis ride. The woman who won the Haggin Cup at Tevis last year, Elise Geske, is reportedly a NATRC member as well.  It's nice to have both options of riding available. Beth

>From: "Truman Prevatt, PhD"

>Reply-To: tprevatt@mindspring.com

>To: ridecamp@endurance.net

>Subject: RC: Fwd: RC: Re: Australian System

>Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 13:06:09 -0400

>

>In FL I would say most riders have done both CTR and endurance. At a CTR

>in the sunshine state, it's not unusual to find world class FEI endurance

>riders with new young horses. Most of us down here that primarily do

>endurance will do a CTR from time to time and most of the riders that

>primarily do CTR will do an endurance ride from time to time.

>

>It depends on the individual horse of course, but as a rule I would also

>question the wisdon of using a horse for endurance that interferes to the

>point that you could not do a 25 mile CTR without the aid of boots. I

>think NATRAC has changed the "no pads" rule which is a positive step.

>

>Truman

>

>Jennifer Layman wrote:

>

> > Yeah, but how many endurance riders actually start out in CTR?? I

> > didn't!!! I had a mare that needed splint boots, etc. and so

> > couldn't take her in NATRAC. At the time that was the only CTR org.

> > I knew of. I know several other people that have done years of

> > endurance and never done a CTR. There are no guarantees that an

> > endurance rookie with start with a good slow base.

> >

> > Jennifer

> >

>

>

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