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Re: [RC] Do any of you ever get nervous? - Lynne Glazer

For me it's about the time my horse and I have had together--my current mount might not have done many miles yet in competition, but he's been under saddle with me for 4 years. On our initial cliffy trail voyages, I was indeed kinda scared, because he's the kind of guy who can make a mistake and yet save himself (wondering, would I survive, too?) Eventually he understood the importance of making me feel safe, learned to prefer to keep me aboard at all costs, and we've had a bunch of happy years together in terms of cliffy trail. Another more recent challenge was his desire to run home when on local trail. Since switching to a hackamore, the static is off of our communication channel, and I'm simply left with a joyful pony and experience.

re vertigo--I'd started to notice I was getting a little dizzy when dismounted--looking from tall bridges, looking down, etc., and wondered how I'd do riding the big coasters. Fellow endurance riders Blayne Chenoweth, Elfta Hilzman and I rode all of the big ones from opening to close with three enthusiastic young'uns yesterday, and I'm still smiling. Outrageous fun, if you ever get to SoCal, Magic Mountain (on a Tues the lines are shorter!) At night, in line for the last, most amazing ride for the 2nd time (Tatsu) I looked down from several stories, night was usually when I'd feel a little dizzy-- nope! Knocked it right outta me. This, with a sinus infection. :-))) W00t!

Lynne
who uses Rescue Remedy to avoid freaking out about running late to the airport



On Jun 13, 2006, at 8:58 PM, Karen Sullivan wrote:



----- Original Message ----- From: "Jennifer Adam" <jatatahoe1@xxxxxxxxxxx>


I was riding a trail yesterday that I had never been on, it was
cool and breezy, and we were with another horse that we've never ridden
with
before. My mare was hard to handle and she started dancing around the
trail
- near a rocky ledge that kind of freaked me out. . All I could think was
- I must be crazy to think I'm a good enough rider to handle an endurance
trail!!

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[RC] Do any of you ever get nervous?, Jennifer Adam
Re: [RC] Do any of you ever get nervous?, Karen Sullivan