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[RC] [RC] 50 or 25? - Dream Weavercouple of comments....I could never learn how to pace my horse on the shorter distance rides. I'm not even sure I ever figured it out by doing 50's. Definitely not in 25 miles though, even on a 100 the horse usually settles in about 35 miles into it. On a multiday it'll sometimes be the second or third day, till the horse gets enough experience. Even then, I can only name a handful of riders that I think are excellent at pacing. It's not easy. I still struggle with it. The only thing with doing a 25 on a horse that you do have conditioned, is that if he is any sort of an athlete at all, that distance isn't going to phase him. So that horse just might learn that he doesn't really have to learn very much about endurance at all. It really did used to make me so mad at one of my horses that could do a 50 even, and get all A's and wasn't taking care of himself. He did always drink, but not eat. He finally figured it out on a multiday, but I think that I delayed him getting that by allowing him to do a couple of LD rides. Karen in NV =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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