Ridecamp: [RC] Thanks to White River Ride

We finally went to our first ride Labor Day weekend at White River. I 
like to say thank you to all who helped put on this event. Especially 
Wayne for being persistant and telling me "you can DO this!" We've known 
him for years and have great respect for him. It was especially 
thrilling to watch our (former) baby win the LD with Laurie.

My daughter and I had a blast! My horse and my hubby still like me so 
I'll call it a success <g>. We finished last in our group, but we made 
time and have our first 25 miles under our belts. It did incredible 
things for my daughter's self esteem. Even though we finished with the 
slowest time, no other juniors competed so she got her first blue ribbon 
and is on cloud 9! After years of showing 4-H and having judges look 
down their noses at her arab pony, she has had her confidence restored 
by you fellow riders. I can't say enough about how friendly and helpful 
everyone was, a total reverse from the show circuit atmosphere. My 
newbie mare acted like she was going to finally drink from a stream and 
while I gave her all the rein I had, she was winding up her "spring" to 
jump a 10' wall of water that was actually a 1' wide creek. Needless to 
say, she dumped me. What a heart sinking sight to see your horse 
disappear around the next curve without you! My daughter trotted up 
around the bend and there she was, with another rider. I don't know who 
the girl was but I thanked her and thanked her over and over. She was 
willing to help someone she didn't even know and slow her competition 
time by doing so. Like I said, quite a shocker after competing with 
people who don't care about anyone but themselves.

So thanks to all who were there and to you folks on ridecamp for 
answering all my newbie questions. I have a few more, but I'll post them 
separately.

Kari
Montalee Arabians


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