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The one time I put a glostick on a breast collar, I was ready to loose 
my lunch within about 20 minutes from the light moving around in my 
peripheral vision field. I took it off and in five minutes was fine.  I 
always carried a small flashlight (actually two of them) in case I 
needed light. Otherwise no light for me - my horse did just fine with that.

Truman

rdcarrie@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I have one whole 100 under my belt, this past May.  I'm one of the 
> ones who chose to ride au natural (no lights, glowbars, etc. on my 
> horse).  We had a full moon, and about 80% of the trail was in the 
> open.  The moon wasn't up for part of the first loop I rode in the 
> dark.  The sections of trail I rode early on that went through the 
> patches of woods were blacker than the inside of a cow...I couldn't 
> see my hand in front of my face.  But my horse could see just fine, 
> and flew down the winding trail as if it were daylight.  It was really 
> fun, and kind of surreal.  It was nice and bright in the open once the 
> moon came up.  To me, having any light source on my horse would have 
> ruined the experience for me.  I loved being out there in the dark, 
> even in the patches of woods, which were still kinda dark even when 
> the moon came up.  I just trusted my horse to follow the trail and 
> watch where he was going, and he never took a misstep.  I could feel 
> him moving side to side on the trail to avoid ruts, etc., slowing down 
> on his own for rough sections, etc.  I did have a light in my pommel 
> bag that I could pull out and use if I needed it, and a small 
> flashlight in my camelbak in the event my horse and I parted company.  
> <G>  All of the advice I had read was to "trust your horse, he can 
> see" and that's what I did."  He came through with flying colors.  :)
>  
> Dawn in East Texas
> and Bear (trust me, Mom, I know where I'm going!)
>  

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"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite 
of a profound truth may well be another profound truth."    Niels Bohr 
-- Nobel Laureate, Physics




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