Ridecamp: RE: [RC] new topic re green horses

As I mentioned in my description of how we did that NATRC ride, we DIDN'T go
that slow.  We walked at normal speed, trotted quite a bit, and when we got
too far ahead time-wise, we'd take a break, let the horses graze, let the
other riders re-pass us, and then start again.  It actually worked out quite
well.  We never slowed their walk down, and did some fast trotting on some
of the level/mild uphill stretches.  The only place where you're not allowed
to "stop your forward progress" is in the last 2 miles, and we were right on
time, so we walked in at normal speed.

Mike


-----Original Message-----

Mike Sofen wrote:
>On advice from Nancy Twight, I took my green horse to a NATRC novice ride
(20
>miles in 7 hours) as his first event.?

Omigawd, how can anyone go THAT slow? My horse walks at 5 mph so I'd be done
in 4 hours without trying! Do you stop to graze a lot? Was the terrain
exceptionally difficult? (I did one LD that I finished over time (6 1/2
hours) because the terrain was so horrendously difficult.)


Deanna (Ohio)


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