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When I first stated I wanted to do endurance on my Paso, I definatly got some 
of flak about it.  From VERY experienced horse people, I heard everything from:

"you're going to kill your horse" 
"don't do endurance...if you must, do CTR. All the endurance riders do is run 
their horses into the ground"
"You're going to ruin Alpine.  He's going to turn into one of those horses that 
won't walk, won't go in the back, and you'll lose his gait"

So far, Alpine has learned to rate himself, how to do a nice fast walk, how to 
use his body while out on the trail, and his gait has developed very nicely.  
My horse is now a much better and braver trail horse than the ones belonging to 
the non-endurance people.  Go figure.....

Juli and Alpine (got chased by kids on 4 wheelers yesterday, just wanted to eat 
the 4 wheeler)


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