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Re: [RC] Weight - Joe LongOn Mon, 31 Jul 2006 13:25:00 -0400, Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: A couple of years ago I didn't get to ride a lot in the fall so I went to a ride to just get around. It was a 25 mile loop with an out check. The 50's did it twice. At the 25 mile check in camp I though that I may have gone too fast for the old boys condition at the time and decided to slow down. The conditions were also muddy. He seemed a little tired although his CRI was 60/48 and all other parameters good which should have registered. Being an old softy, I took the bit out and put a side pull on. Well I was being sandbagged big time. A mile out he saw a horse in front of him. He threw in a big buck and took off. I'm not sure if he cared if I was with him or not. Here I have a side pull. Oh well we make great time to the check passing a bunch of horses - with the Jbird sticking out his tongue as we go by with his brain dead rider having to apologize for not having any control with the sidepull silly ;-) . We fly through the check and leave. wWe come to this open field and he spots a bunch of horses and wants to race. I have had it by then and we do some circles. From that point on we walk. He was not happy - I was cutting into his play time. If looks could kill I'd been dead right then. We walked the last 6 or 7 miles in. When I arrived I announced that "this horse is for sell." Three tiny hinies showed interest - all saying it is a tiny hiny's dream to have a horse that has long term conditioning by a HW. So me thinks they talk out of both sides of their mouth - must be a defense mechanism coming into play. Oh, my, Truman, don't you realize you just offered an excellent argument AGAINST weight divisions? Wow. -- Joe Long jlong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.chiprider.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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