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I also saw the coverage of last year's NC; yes, endurance riders are
some of the awful-est riders out there!!! There
really is a huge difference between just sitting on a horse and letting it
take you down the trail and actually RIDING!!
Still photos, videos, mirrors; these are great
tools. They don't lie. You need not be curled over the horse's neck,
with your legs in his flanks to be "riding forward". And you don't have to
have your legs outstretched and stiff to the front, while water-skiing with the
reins, to be "balanced". There are poor riders in every
riding discipline, but the problem with
many endurance riders is they really think they are good riders because
they managed to stay on their horse while it followed a bunch of other
horses going down the trail for 50 miles or more. To add
a bit more that will get a lot of people ticked off, a horse that
follows a bunch of other horses down the trail for 50 or 100 miles sure
don't mean he's broke, either!!! Learn to ride properly, wear a
helmet, and ride a trained horse. This is the way to have
fun. Renie
aerc #1673
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