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This is what Susan saw on tv
"I just
finished watching the IAHA Championship and can't for the life of me
figure
out what Sandy was complaining about with the "exhausted horses". Red
and
Heather came trotting in across the finish line at a nice extended trot
with
his head nice and low. He certainily didn't look exhausted. They showed
clips
of the last 10 mile loop where Valerie was allowing her horse to walk
and she
was squeezing Shadon ever so slightly as he walked along, not
kicking him.
Lois McAffee was hand walking her gelding up a long climb and
the 2nd place
finisher Catch a Wave with Cia at the helm hand galloped
across the finish
line. So much for exhaustion. Val came finished at a nice
easy trot on
Shadon. Sorry, Sandy that you had to explain to your friends
about this 100
mile race. They just live in a different world."
This is what I saw on TV , I saw Red coming
up the hill looking tired , but
then again he was just finishing a
fast 100 miler . I saw Valerie kicking an exhausted
horse up the hill with every step that he took ,
that is what I saw . To me anytime you
are lifting on the reins and kicking with
every step and not getting a response
that to me is an exhausted horse . And I saw
Cia on Catch a Wave looking
as I want my horse to look like finishing a
100 miler . What a nice team they make.
Fort Howes is a great ride to go to but it is not a hard ride , at least not for the
Mtn/NW region area .Susan is not going to convince me that Valerie's horse
didn't look exhausted and I am not going to
convince her that I thought it did .
3 different views watching the same thing
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Drin Becker
Mtn Region
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