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The best place for a new rider to learn to rate a horse is by doing 
CTR's. Yes I know there is a lot of BS in CTR's but there is no better 
way for a rider to learn what a 6.2 mph pace is and how to get it and  
maintain it. Once a rider has the experience and they can't manage to 
get a horse to respond at endurance rides a year of CTR's for the horse 
will do wonders. Many riders in FL will always start off with CTR's 
before they ever do an endurance ride. I'm not saying you have to do 
that but the CTR is a wonderful place to teach a horse about pacing.

And if you want to drive the point home take him to a 3 day 100 - where 
they have to go out three days in a row at a 6.2 mph pace. It even works 
on racehorses that were bred to run.

Truman

Angie and David wrote:

> I would like to know if anyone has any special techniques or methods 
> for rating their horses. 


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"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm 
not sure about the former."  Albert Einstein





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