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Elly,

Listen to Kristine and Ed!  Go for it!  To finish is to win.

I have been riding my paso fino in endurance for over four years; the one that my trainer (an experienced endurance trainer) said could not do endurance.  Pete has just passed his 500th endurance mile and has almost 400 LD miles.  

When people tell me that I could get an arab, so that I would not have to ride as much to get my horse in shape, my response is, "Why would I want to ride my horse less?"

Now go have fun,

-Paul

On Apr 10, 2006, at 8:46 AM, Kristine Johnson wrote:

> Hi Elly
>
> I am also new to this, and have encounted the same in regard to attitudes towards anything not Arabian. I went to a clinic last spring to learn more about endurance riding. I was told flat out to not even bother trying it with my 17hh Andalusian/QH cross. - they then started telling me what to look for in a good endurance Arab.
> Well, after thinking it over, I decided that I am going to try it anyway. I will be doing my first LD this June. I hope people there will be friendly, and not judgmental of my big horse !
>
> Kristine - MN
> > "Burnett, Elly" <egburnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Here's the thing. I've encountered nothing but negative nancies when I
> > > tell people what I want to do with her. Other horse people that do not
> > > do endurance feel similarly to me, but the endurance community has
> > > mostly rolled their eyes and it makes me feel real dumb. I'm not doing
> > > endurance to win, I'm doing it because after years in the show ring, I'm
> > > sick of it and want something that me, my horse and my husband can all
> > > do together. And as a long distance runner, this sport really seems
> > > like the perfect marriage between running and riding.
>
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