Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Pacers at Tevis

Why doesn't everybody quit wining! Next time you enter a ride and you
know Potato is going to be there, strap yerself on some of those old
spurs the medieval knights used to wear. The kind the guys that wore the
heavy plate armor used, with 3" diameter spiked rowels on the end of 8"
gaffs so they could reach under the plate armor the horse wore. Sit and
wait for a loudmouthed, inconsiderate, cursing, shoving, pushing,
plowing, ego-testicle pea brain to come along Blitzkreiging his way
through the crowd and gaff his horse in the flank as it blows by you.
Then sit back and enjoy the show. After that happens a couple times
people might start thinking about how their less that polite actions are
affecting the other less bent on winning riders waiting for the start.
Competitors that treat the other competitors on the trail with decency
and respect regardless of their placing and experience As well as the
dollar value of their horse, rig and tack, will almost always get
treated with decency and respect. Those that want to start a ride acting
like Genghis Kahn leading a Mongolian horde out for a day of pillaging
and plundering should by treated like any other member of the WCJA
(World Championship Jousting Association). Sniveling and whining cause
rules to be written. Rules regulate an otherwise enjoyable activity to
the point that it's no longer enjoyable, and eventually out of
existence.

Thank You & Good Evening,
Robert Jeffrey Kalb



Howard Bramhall wrote:

> Aren't we getting carried away here with this "pacer" thread?  You
> cannot prevent riders from going out on the trail who aren't part of
> the endurance event, unless you intend on patrolling the trails with
> Homeland Security.  I do believe that the term Pacer means a rider
> intentionally being there to urge a "buddy" along the trail.  If you
> accidentally run into non endurance horseback riders along the trail
> who travel with you during the endurance event, that's just the way it
> is.  Some rides have bicyclists, 4 wheelers, and redneck hunters in
> pick-up trucks flying the Confederate flag sharing that endurance
> trail during ride day.  Most of these things scare the crap out of my
> horses (especially the rednecks) and I wouldn't consider them an
> advantage at all. But, if we do meet someone just trotting out along
> the trail, during an endurance ride, that's called coincidence.  I
> don't think there's much you can do about it.  This sort of thing
> happens more than you might think. There was this one Florida ride
> where a gal, who got pulled at the pre-ride vet check, just kept going
> up and down this one stretch of trail on her horse on ride day.  By
> golly, she had camped out here intending to ride and she was going to
> ride, although she did it all within a mile or two of the Base Camp
> area.  Well, unbeknownst to her, here comes my gal, Val, along with
> another rider I knew, both racing for the first place finish.  Well,
> the gal who got pulled just happened to be riding the same stretch of
> finish line (she was preparing for her future, I guess) and didn't see
> Val and the other gal coming up from behind her.  The Rookie's horse
> caused Val's horse to spook, Val got thrown off, and the other rider
> passed Val and won the race. Now, I'm not going to tell you when this
> was, where it was, or even if any of it is true.  But, down here,
> nobody said nothing, the other gal won the race, and I never heard
> anyone complain about any of it.  Stuff happens, it's called life;
> deal with it.  Course, we didn't have any California endurance riders
> in this one.  That's probably why nobody complained.  haha. cya,Howard
> (Southerners only complain if their fried chicken is severely
> overcooked)
>
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: Joan Dowis
>      Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 1:25 PM
>      To: ridecamp
>      Cc: Corky Young
>      Subject: [RC] Pacers at Tevis
>       In response to the anonymous post on pacers at Tevis, the
>      following is from
>      a member of the WSTF board of governors about her and
>      another "bog's"
>      observations at the finish line:
>
>      Kathy Thompson and myself were at the overlook when the
>      first horse came
>      in.  About 1/2 hour later a pair of riders came in riding
>      two grays, they
>      said they were not in the ride.  Also spoke to Mia Dardie
>      and she said she
>      saw Potato at Robie and he was by himself, no other riders
>      in sight.
>
>      Corky Young
>
>
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Rob Kalb
Rob's Equine Hoof Care
Phelan CA



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