Re: [RC] [RC] A story of heart ... and guts - Laurie Durgin
Loved this story!A line about shoes? Is there an advantage to alum shoes,
besides weight. She said the steel shoes of the other horses were slippery
compared to her ponys alum. shoes???? Laurie and Rascal
From: "Flora Hillman" <capella@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [RC] A story of heart ... and guts
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 16:41:27 -0500
Truman is right -- heart, and guts, is what comes from deep inside and
there doesn't seem to be any visible sign except when you see it happen.
My son runs cross country, and I've been there to see kids give it
everything they had, falling across the finish line, on their knees
exhausted, sobbing, retching... but still -- they never gave up.
In the recent December 2002 issue of Endurance News there was a story of
the Ft. Valley Endurance ride (in Virginia). When Troy Smith of EN
received the story, she absolutely loved it, but it was far too long, and
she very reluctantly had to edit it down to fit the space available in the
magazine.
As a result some of the sections that were cut was one very moving human
interest piece of two riders meeting up with a handicapped father out
hunting with his two little boys .... and a no-holds-barred,
ears-pinned-to-the-head, flat-out-galloping 2 mile horse race --at the very
end of a very grueling 50 mile ride-- between a gutsy little 14.1h
half-Welsh pony, and a big, strapping 16.1h Arab.
If you want to know what heart is... read the ending of the complete and
unabridged Ft. Valley story. Even after years of eventing over tough cross
country fences, and decade of riding all types and breeds of horses in all
sorts of horse sports -- I truly know now what real heart is because .... I
was the one riding that little pony.
http://aurigafarm.8m.com/stories/November2002.html
PS. Did I know beforehand that this pony had a competitive heart and guts?
Yes, but I honestly had no idea it went as deep as to the extent he
showed in that race. It took me totally by surprise, because I was the one
who was about to quit, knowing we had virtually no chance in hell of
beating that big horse. But ...he believed in himself, and coupled with a
competitive drive to want be out in front, his innate athletic agility, and
months of training and work and focusing on our end goals... and made it
possible.
Flora Hillman
AERC #30079
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