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Re: [RC] Training new horse----don't get too cocky!!! - rides2farI agree with Penny that I would never have the nerve (or guts-call me bigchicken) to take a very green horse out on the trail, for the >>same reasonsshe states. I'm the opposite.I feel much safer getting them used to a rider o their back on the trail. Once a horse will let me sit on his back I'll hop on him and get in line on a heavily wooded single track trail behind steady horses. In a ring or a field a young horse's mind just has so much room to expand...inflate...then explode. On a narrow trail he seems to know his job is just to follow the horse in front of him. I don't worry about a horse blowing up and bucking and I can head him right up a mountain and take the edge off first thing. I've had them throw fits in an arena but going up a mountain they're busy getting tired. :-) After that it would be nice to ride them in an arena and get them *really* educated. If I ever have access to an arena on a regular basis I might get an educated horse. Angie (In the Appalachian mountains where any flat area big enough for an arena has 4 bases and a pitcher's mound) ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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