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[RC] blind horses & trails - hrsldyloryFrom my experience it is very tiring riding a blind horse. As I have said before, my horse is completely blind in his right eye and has very limited vision in his left. After 50 miles, I am wiped out. It helps to have a horse that is very balanced, too. My friends have watched my gelding take a few canter strides on his knees, recover and continue like nothing has happened. Someday he may not recover and we'll both be goners. That is why I am retiring him to pleasure riding. He is fantastic on any terrain as long as I can let him choose the pace. Worst of all are the "whoop-de-doos", the small rises and falls made by motorbikes down the center of the trails. He can't judge the depth and will stumble on each one. On trails that are wide enough we serpentine the ditches like doing pole bending. That seems to work well. If any one is ever on the East coast and wants to ride in Rhode Island, we'll take them one one fantastic trail ride! As long as you don't mind racing the last mile in. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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