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Re: [RC] [RC] fear of arabs, mounting - Barbara McCraryI've never trashed my knee dismounting western style, but I've had my foot hang up in an EZride stirrup with my Ariat boots. Both stirrups and boots should have helped prevent this, so it must be the fact that I'm a bit too short and a bit too stiff to dismount smoothly. I have taught myself to dismount English style......it seems safer. As well, the horse I'm now riding used to pull away from me as soon as I had only one foot in the stirrup, and I would lose my balance and end up on the ground almost under him. He doesn't do that any more, but I still don't like taking the chance that I may have only one foot on the ground and something dangerous is about to happen. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Paus" <paus@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <Sundaez@xxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 10:33 AM Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] fear of arabs, mounting That's not a silly fear. I trashed my knee dismounting cowboy style. Now I never will leave one foot in the stirrup while dismounting. I always dismount English style. chris --- Sundaez@xxxxxxx wrote:I have a silly fear...I hate mounting and dismounting. Once on board I am ok. My mare is tall so I always have to stand on something. The fear is even worse at rides...I've almost not ridden at the last minute becuse I felt I couldn't get on board. My mare does act silly when I first get on at rides...due to excitement as she isn't this way at home...she'll either do a half rear then lunge forward and might buck...but I'm used to that. I don't know why I am afraid of mounting...and dismounting even. Never had a wreck that way...plenty of other ways but not that! The other thing I am afraid of is Arabs. I have a lovely purebred Arabian mare. She came from a show barn so doesn't have any trail experience. She's not a spooky mare, has no bad habits...I've ponied her everywhere and ridden her with other horses but am so scared to take her out alone, and I know that will translate to her. I'm about ready to sell her since I can't seem to get past this. This is the second Arab I've gotten to try to make into an endurance horse and for some reason I am afraid of them. The irony is my Morgan is show bred and can run very hot, but that doesn't scare me at all. I've been told I'm a decent rider but can't get pst this "arab fear." OK...now go ahead and laugh at me! Mel===== "A good horse makes short miles," George Eliot Chris and Star BayRab Acres http://pages.prodigy.net/paus =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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