>A couple of "slower than optimal"
endurance rides of any distance aren't going to ruin any horse or rider at the
beginning of their career, imo.
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>(aka Grasshopper ala young David
Carradine in Kung Fu, "When you can walk the rice paper without leaving
footprints, you are ready to move on." :-) )
Seems to me that part of "walking the rice paper without leaving
footprints" is doing things as optimally as possible. That may be fast,
that may be slow. But optimal is always best.
