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Re: [RC] [RC] excited newbie - Juli JakubThanks for the advice. The three year old Morab (I have always owned TB'[s and I am loving the Morab breed myself so far) I won't start even thinking about doing anything with until next year. I am a featherweight so I ride her already, but just short walks around the field, learning to leg yield, turn on haunches, turn on forehand, bend, that sort of thing. Some trot cuz she gets bored easily...smart as a whip! If I was going to event her I would step it up a bit more this year, but it seems like most endurance people are telling me to take it slower if I want her to last...which I do! It has been brought to my attention that my little cowpony might be at least part Paso...he use to have this weird gait that I had never seen...I trained him to trot regular...it is the most god awful trot to sit to but since I ride english and he isn't a dressage horse I just never sit it. I wonder if I made a mistake in encouraging him not to do that gait...maybe it was a real gait and he would be more comfortable in it..it never occured to me when I got him as an abuse case that he might be gaited..oh well no use crying over spilled milk...Desitin...must be chafing problems great! :) Where in Florida are you? I was a jockey at one point in my life and worked out of a farm as an exercise rider in Ocala. I miss it, but my husband is a snow person..Thanks again, Juli Jakub The Air of Heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears. ~ arabian proverb >From: agilbxr@xxxxxxx >To: fahraway@xxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: [RC] excited newbie >Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:15:35 -0400 > >Don't worry, you're not the only one. I'm still a newbie myself, and it's amazing how much I don't know. > >My best suggestion is get desitin. You will need it. And remember at your first ride, you are going to trot more than you ever have in your life. I thought I was prepared (my horse was...seems I forgot about me). I had never gone so far so fast in my life! And I almost got the turtle award. *grin* > >Since then, I've learned a bit more about pacing. If your horse is fit for an Intermediate level cross country gallop, then he'll do a 25 mile slowly with few problems. > >Oh, and I must add, you are the only other Juli with an "i" that I have ever seen... I thought I was one of a kind down here in Florida. *grin* > >Anyway, good luck, go slow for the first couple of years, and you and your pony will do great. I love Morabs...it's a great breed. > >Juli and Alpine (little palomino paso fino with a big engine) >and Spot (much bigger Appaloosa with a big attitude) > >-----Original Message----- >From: Juli Goodwin <fahraway@xxxxxxxxxxx> >To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Sent: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:23:45 -0400 >Subject: [RC] excited newbie > > >I just wanted to say hello. I am new to ridecamp and the sport. I have a three year old Morab filly who looks like she is going to be a monster(in a good way) and I have decided to try endurance with her when the time comes.( She was bred for it by her breeder supposedly who had a morgan mare that was pretty okay at it but needed better recovery, so they bred her to an arab hoping the foal would have the attitude with a bit lighter build and better recovery.) My background is three day eventing...I rode up to intermediate level and once had olympic aspirations, but I need a change of pace from the "show" world. I also have a little ex-cowpony of unknown breed who is undetermined age around 10 says the vet. I live in the Adirondack Park in New York. I am really excited to try this, but also very nervous. All the talk of shoeing vs. barefoot, electrolytes, feed, ect. has got me thinking I do not know enough to even begin...even how the rides work confuses me with featherweights, lightweights...do they compete against only each other or everyone? Can a featherweight compete internationally? At 105 pounds I think I qualify as a lightweight!! Anyway any advice/encouragement would be appreciated as I am sitting on that proverbial fence trying to decide where and how to start...in theory I think it sounds perfect for the type of challenge I want for me and my horse, in reality I am worried I do not know enough. Any advice on what to be doing with a 3 year old? I know what I would be doing if I was going to event her, but this is different. Would it be helpful to try and take the mature horse on some 25 milers to see what it is like? Does anyone have information on good rides on the East Coast to start with or mentors on the east coast that would be willing to help? I have so many questions about how to get even him ready to do something like that. How do you know you are ready? How do you condition for it..it seems like you would have to do alot more conditioning than for even cross country...Sorry this is long and I wanted you all to know that I have been enjoying reading your posts and have learned quite a bit.( Enough to make me realize what I do not know) And you certainly do not have to answer all my questions...just mental diarrhea! Thanks!! >Juli Jakub >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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