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Tracey Lomax wrote:

> Tiffany wrote:
>
> > > I'm not trying to be flippant, I am curious why people have that idea 
> that endurance is dangerous for horses.
>
> Ignorance. Most showjumpers / eventers / dressage riders think that an 
> “outride” is a necessary evil, preferring to school and/or jump. So 
> they have no idea what goes into endurance, thinking that it’s just 
> riding a horse a very long way!!
>
> I see it on people’s faces when I tell them that my favourite website 
> is Ridecamp….”you belong to an ENDURANCE site! Why????” And when I try 
> to explain to them that it’s because endurance folk know more about 
> feeding, shoeing, conditioning, training and maintaining an equine 
> athlete than other horsemen, they just don’t get it.
>
> But then, IME, most riders are not horsemen.
>
> My chosen disciplines are eventing and showjumping. For a number of 
> reasons, one of which being that I’m mad about TBs and they’re just no 
> damned good for endurance J
>
> Having said that, there is good and bad in every sport, and I’ve met 
> some fine horsemen in every discipline. It’s unfortunate that so 
> little is known about endurance. It’s not exactly a “spectator sport” 
> which doesn’t help.
>
> Y’ll just keep right on doing what you do so that we eventers / 
> dressage queens / showjumpers on the list can keep learning from you.
>
> Tracey
>
> (who should probably lurk a whole heap more than she should but never 
> quite manages to learn how)
I agree with Tracey about the level of knowledge here. After spending 
last weekend away from the computer, largely because of riding and horse 
related repsoncibilities, I got over 400 emails. My 19 year old said I 
was out of control. I tried to explain that I was trying to learn. That 
is true of many of us newbies. However I can say that this group can be, 
at times, one of the most snide and acrimonious groups I have seen. Keep 
in mind that my sample pattern is a bit odd. I am a trial lawyer and 
jail chaplain when not scooping horse poop. :-}
I love teaching what I know and I love learning from others. In fact, 
most horse people seem to share those attributes. It is hard to learn 
while being slapped, unless one learns not to put one's face in that 
postion again.
Can't we learn from each other in a kind manner?
Keith Kibler
Marion IL


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