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Several I mentioned on a different list that I took my mare on a "light" 
ride to be sure she was sound after a relatively minor problem.  I stated 
that we went four miles at a mild walk and the mare did great.  I was flamed 
in a BIG way for overriding the horse that way.  No horse should be ridden 
that far when it was "hot" out (about 85), in particular a horse coming back 
from a problem.

My family on the other hand, thinks that if I return home after only an hour 
or so, there is a huge problem.  LOL.  I took my daughter's mare for a short 
ride when we were just starting her under saddle, and came back after only a 
few miles.  My daughter came rushing out of the house demanding to know what 
was wrong and why I came back so soon.  I laughed and explained the idea of 
starting a horse slowly.  But, it really brought home the difference between 
"us" distance riders and "them," the pleasure and show riders.


Rhonda

"...when the last individual of a race of living things breathes no more, 
another Heaven and another Earth must pass before such a one can be again."  
William Beebe



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