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Re: [RC] LD/Endurance - Ed & Wendy Hauser"...We got the job done, but it wasn't one of my favorite rides..." The same thing can be said of riders. I provided a fit, 50 mile, endurance horse to a girl friend. We all did a 25 mi. CTR at Pillager, MN. ( Incidentally, this is the toughest course in MN. The allotted time was ~4 hours 30 minutes plus a 30 minute hold. Because it is a UMECRA, Midwest ride, there was a 50 endurance, a 25 LD and a 25 CTR going on all at the same time) My girl friend thought she was in good riding shape. She would ride the second day of an organized trail ride bareback. By the time the ride was over (She got 3rd place) she was so sore she never could be convinced to even think about Distance Riding again. Ed P. S. The next year I met Wendy, and brought her along with lots of LLSD (Loving, Long, Slow Distance). One of the best things I have ever done. Ed & Wendy Hauser 2994 Mittower Road Victor, MT 59875 ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx 406.642.6490 ============================================================ I still prefer what it is that BH100, Tevis, The Duck's Soup of Endurance, etc. has to offer...but, to see a horse canter over sand for those distances...Good Lord, it humbles me. ~ Frank Solano ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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