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[RC] [RC] Pros & Cons of Wild Horses - tomnollGreetings: The pros and cons of wild horses thread leads to a simple observation. There are horses with impeccable endurance pedigrees running at the front of the pack, and also horses with impeccable endurance pedigrees running at the back of the pack. Likewise, there are horses of unknown and obscure origin running at the front of the pack and at the back too. In fact as Naomi Preston pointed out, there are even horses of unknown pedigree in the Endurance Hall of Fame. So, in the blue-blood breeding debate other critical ingredients are often overlooked. There is the rider, the trail, training, nutrition, desire, luck, and the most ephemeral of all, magic. Luck is easy to define because it is all probabilities and odds. Magic is different. Magic is that quality that happens when the horse and rider are truly working in harmony ? whether it is for a few steps, a few miles, a ride, or a few rides. Pedigree may or may not buy luck ? that question has been endlessly debated and never answered. But no quantity of money can ever buy magic because magic comes from the heart. Tom Noll SW Idaho =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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