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Re: [RC] [RC-Digest] 25 or 50 - Sky RanchHi Nancy, No flames from here. This is actually the conclusion I made after reading and re-reading the posts... Although I've ridden horses all my life, I realize I don't have true endurance experience, and so I asked for help. There have been many, many helpful e-mails from experienced endurance riders, and I am very thankful for all of the advice. My prime objective is to protect my horse, my beloved Arabian, who would probably die trying to carry me however many miles I asked him to do, in my ignorance. Getting as much 'education' ahead of time is not a bad thing, and I've read and re-read Julie Suhr's book, Lew Hollander's, Nancy Loving, DVM's book, and more, and done a lot of riding down the trail, to get ready. I have no doubt most of the experienced riders are sick of 'newbies' like me asking questions on "ridecamp", but I'd rather ask ahead of time than arrive at the "real-camp", not knowing anything. But here's where we agree! The real bottom line is -- until I actually go out and start doing endurance riding, I won't know. Carla Richardson Colorado ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Mitts" <mitts_n@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 2:25 PM Subject: RE: [RC] [RC-Digest] 25 or 50 If the rider had years and years of long mileage riding and considered themselves very horse-wise, do ya really think they'd be asking the question on ridecamp? Before everyone takes this the wrong way----I worked at a training barn & rode and cared for animals every day. Pretty much 24/7 for YEARS. Still didn't know what I needed to know to prepare a pasture potato go 50 miles safely. The only way to learn this was to start going to rides, not training at home. Nancy MittsFrom: heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxBut I think an important point here is to differentiate between whetherit is good for HORSES to start right off with endurance distances versus whether it is good for PEOPLE to start right off with endurance distances.=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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