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And "what Angie said" about rider eq and its effect on the horse,  
especially the part about having yourself videoed (is that a word?)  
to become aware of your patterns.  I've noticed that poor equitation  
in a flex panel saddle can especially affect the horse, absolutely  
negating its value.

Congrats to you, Kim, and Fox.  And to the TR crew!  I guess another  
shameless plug could be that the Californios BC horse was Carolyn  
Hock/Sando in their ReactorPanel saddle, hehehe, which they also used  
in Dubai.  And to good flex-panel saddles in general, winner Heather  
was probably in her Free 'n' Easy (didn't notice.)

Lynne
when tired, I hike the left shoulder, rolling it forward slightly to  
ease old neck issues, collapsing rib cage to the right...and all the  
time my right hip is tighter than the left, resulting in a complete  
difference in how my legs each lie along the horse's side.  On the  
bright side, I have excellent ankle flexibility from years of  
unicycling, and don't get legsore unless forgetting to stretch before  
the start!

P.S. Raven, besides the archives of ridecamp, there are reams of  
opinions about RP saddles at http://www.ultimatedressage.com in their  
"tack barn" forum.  Dressage riders are analytical as heck, and  
though they don't go as far, have a lot to offer about English  
saddles.  RPs are favored by 100 mile riders including several from  
the national teams of the US, UK and Canada.

On Jun 9, 2005, at 10:49 AM, KimFue@xxxxxxx wrote:

> I don't think the saddle plug on ridecamp was out of line.  To me,  
> it sounded like a sponsor congratulating a job well done.   Maybe  
> the saddle maker/distributor feels like they are part of the  
> rider's "team".  As Steph mentions these are folks trying to make a  
> living.  Anyone who read that post and thinks that a saddle, or for  
> that matter, actually any particular piece of tack was responsible  
> for the Top Ten placing should really re evaluate their thinking on  
> why that horse finished so well.
>
> And now, for my shameless plug.  Congratulations to the four  
> "TR" (Trailrite) horses and their owners that finished the  
> Californios 100.  Three out of the four completed the Californios  
> 100 as their first 100 mile ride.   Not a bad start to their 100  
> mile careers considering the difficulty of this ride.  Charlene  
> Lewis puts a great start on these horses and kudos to the owners/ 
> riders for taking these horses to their potential.
>
> Kim Fuess
> (riding a "Rushcreek" not a "TR" mare in an RP saddle, with Zilco  
> tack, a polar HRM,  Forerunner GPS and an "Easyboot" stashed in the  
> "Snugpack" cantle bag)


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