Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Pacers at Tevis

 

AWESOME! SUCH A VISUAL, SUCH POETRY, RACK ON!

 

 

 

 

> 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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