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Re: [RC] newbie questions - Ericka Nelson

i would like to ditto that suggestion.
if your horse responds to your cues in the arena, or out on a training ride, then hopefully, 90% of the time your horse will listen to you at an endurance ride.  the ride start can be exciting for horses, 1st ride or 100rthd(?).  and then they may not listen to you at all.  if you have a good basic relationship with lots of ground work, cue work, then you will be safer, to yourself, your horse and all the other riders and horses.
and not all rides have an uphill start!  :), so you can't count on riding the beans out at the start. 
altho i'm not a trainer and only riding for eight years now,  this has been the most important lesson for me.
so, my advice to you is do your home work with your horse and you will have a fun time.
ericka
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Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 6:06 AM
Subject: [RC] newbie questions

Simrat,   whatever you do or whatever you ride in, make sure your horse knows what the word whoa means and that you do have a stop.  When horses get into a competitive situation, they turn out (not all the time) to be a horse that you didn't know you had!!  Have fun, lots of good people in Oregon to help you out, neighboring states as well.  Jeanie

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