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Re: [RC] keith on foxtrotter - Keith KiblerWRSINOSKY@xxxxxxx wrote: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. Cindy, I am sorry but you are wrong. That was Amber that posted that here and said I said that. Slow down a bit and quit being so fast to jump to conclusions. About a year ago I began talking to Amber about the possibility of competing with a gaited horse. She then took something I said privately to her not directed to anyone let alone to ridecamp or any arabian owner and quoted me out of context after she insisted I join ridecamp. What she did was dishonest in my opinion. I have received many private emails about this concerning the fact that this was not an isolated behavoir on her part. I got over it. Please also see a post I directed to anyone I might have offended anyway that is entitled "attitude". Great aspirations? Nope, I just want to love, train and ride my horses. Cant say for sure I will definately do another one but I probably will. I was awakened early this morning by my wife's yell, the baby is down, through the fence and on the wrong side of the coral. I hope another mare hasn't killed her!. Dressed quickly, out the front door and ito the coral. Moma (Country Shady Lady) is doing a dance on the other side of the coral. Baby (Travelin Jazz Man) is laying down in the mud. Blues(the 12 year old gelding I just did the event on) is circling the baby keeping other horses away. As we got close, Blues didnt mind me but clearly "mothered" the baby until I could reunite them and fix and turn on the fence which has been turned off by a relative. As I told one of the other riders who told me "you will never win on a horse like that". I like the endurance thing, but I love my gaited horses more and for me that is the main thing, not "winning" I have been competing at other things for over 20 years. Sometimes on a podunk scale and sometimes a much bigger scale and seen alot of people with varing degrees of attitude. 5 years ago I had an accident that dropped a loaded trailer on my left foot and crushed me. In a second, I went from having been the regional runner of the year to being told I would never run again and would end up in a wheel chair. I was then told most people would end up having their foot amputated. I decided that I wasnt done with life yet. I prayed, believed God and worked my butt off. My treating physician told me I would never make it and that I did not know my own limitations. He was wrong on the first point and right on the second. My first Ironman finish after the injury was 14hours 36 minutes and the second was 5 minutes faster. Am I exactly what I was before the accident. No. I walk with a limp that I try and hide. But dont ever tell me or anyone else that has been through what others might think is a "disability" what they can't do. They will more than likely prove you wrong and smile all the way home afterwords. The point is, they are really competing against their own toughest competetor. Themselves. Keith Keith =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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