Great story Dawn. Lord knows you have endured a lot out on trail.
Short story of my own.... another new rider joins the ranks of 100 mile
rider at the Unicorn Hunt. My daughter, Alex, was 4 yrs old when she had a bad
horse accident and ended up with a collapsed lung. Took her awhile to start
riding again. When she was 10 she attempted her first LD ride... she fell and
broke her arm. Once again, she did not ride for awhile. This year, right after
her 12th birthday, she tried another LD but the person she rode with rode too
slow and they were overtime. She was dishearten and discouraged.
Finally, I told her to try one more time and ride a 50 with her dad. She
did at Bluebonnet in April. She completed, racing her dad for turtle. Dad got
his first turtle award. She went on to do 3 more 50s. Then at Unicorn Hunt she
wanted to do 100 miler. It was very hot and humid as Dawn said. It was a very
long day but she completed a 100 miler (23 hours later). It was her horse's
first 100 miler too. She is one tough little girl.
