Endurance.Net Ridecamp Archives

To Keith:  If I recall correctly, you had written Ridecamp some time ago about coming out to your first 50 and beating all the arabs on your horse.  Although the idea of beating everyone is not necessarily an unusual statement by newbies, it did cause concern through the ranks on Ridecamp.  The concern had everything to do with the horse. Apparently, the people who made the negative comments at the ride, remembered your previous statements.  I'm not saying I agree with their rudeness, but I do understand it.  

Congratulations on doing so well at your first ride.  That's wonderful.  But, as someone stated in a previous email,  "Endurance is a Humbling Sport".  We can all have great aspirations, but it sure doesn't take much for them to blow up in our faces.  I had a friend who was "going to win top mileage for our division". Her horse got an ulcer.  I planned to do three days at Renegade a few years ago.  My horse got a stone bruise the first day.  Things happen.  

Cindy Edwards
buckeye, az