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In the current discussion about 100 mile participation, as well in past 
discussions, I've heard multiple people mention that the LD rides are not 
the best thing *for certain types of horses*.

As someone who was planning on staying at the LD level for a while because I 
thought it was the "right" thing to do, and who is now thinking my horse 
would be more comfortable mentally with the longer distances (she just seems 
to settle better the longer I ride), I would like to hear more from people 
whose horse just weren't LD horses. Really, the only thing right now 
preventing me from entering a 50 is my inexperience - despite reading 
multiple discussions about the different conditioning approaches for 50 mile 
rides, I still don't know how to gauge if my mare is ready (perhaps that is 
the problem - one person insists you need to be riding 50 miles a week, 
another says they get in one good conditioning ride on the weekend - no 
wonder I'm confused!).

Comments?



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