Fwd: RC: TOP TEN TIPS!!/water bottles

["hope lundquist" <wwho20@hotmail.com>]

Ride Campers: It used to be when Vetting In at the Tevis all water bottles 
had to be removed from saddle. All Riders are weighed in. Same thing if 
weight was taken again later in the ride. I always thought this was a AERC 
Rule? Is there a fast uniform Rule on this? Vetting In has nothing to do 
with Best Condition but establishes a beginning parameter for those who do 
stand for Best Condition at the end of the ride. Now I am curious. Hope

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>From: Susan Young Casey <glenn218@yahoo.com>
>To: guest@endurance.net
>Subject: RC:   TOP TEN TIPS!!
>Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 07:33:44 -0700 (PDT)
>
>    guest@endurance.net wrote: guest@ridecamp noneIf
>Weight, at the last water stop fill up your water
>bottles and keep themfull, ...
>
>Very contraversial advice (not bad though).  Several
>years ago, some were hopping mad about weight and said
>you should weigh sans water bottles because you use
>that  water during the day.  Well, if you drink it,
>you're still carrying the weight untill...you know.
>However, if you poor it on your horse, you no longer
>carry that weight.  Back in the day, some would soak
>their saddle blankets before weighing in.
>
>I know a junior rider here in OK.  She's placed right
>now in our region hi-point junior standings.  She has
>WON BC as a JUNIOR RIDER!  She weighs next to nothing
>and rides in a little English saddle.  Heck...*I*
>could carry her 50 miles.  When you ride your horse in
>balance and correctly, that goes a long way in helping
>that horse recover and continue in the best condition
>he can.
>
>=====
>Susan Young Casey
>Glenndale Grace Farm
>Ft Gibson, Oklahoma U.S.A.
>
>"Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! 
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