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On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:56:09 -0600, Joe Long <jlong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

...
> The only FEI ride I ever participated in was the World Cup in 1988, where I was
> proud to be selected to be on the U.S. team.  ...
Oops, I should have said "as an FEI entrant."  I rode the Ft. Howes 100 last
week and enjoyed it immensely (even though I didn't finish -- I fell victim to
EIMR, Ego Induced Mental Retardation*).

Jan Stevens and family put on one hell of a good event, in some beautiful
country.

* The reason I didn't finish:  Sanshsra hasn't had enough conditioning this year
to run "up front" in that field in a 100.  I had planned to start at a speed of
8MPH and re-evaulate as the day went on.  When so many people moved out ahead of
me, and I found myself riding along with friends I hadn't seen in years, I
decided that "Ah, we can handle 10 MPH for a while."  Well, we averaged 10 MPH
for 40 miles.  The result was that Sanshra was out of gas at 65 miles, so I
walked into the 68-mile vet check and pulled, rider option.  As I explained to
Kat when I got there, "At the moment I have a horse that is tired, but not in
metabolic distress.  If I continue I will have a horse in metabolic distress.
That distress could be career-ending; it could even be life-ending."  End of
story.
-- 

Joe Long
jlong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.chiprider.com

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