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[RC] 100s - when is your horse ready? - Lucy Chaplin TrumbullKim Fuess: > ...the optimal time for riders to get their horses doing 100s... > I tend to agree that most riders want to have a really good base > on their horse before attempting a 100. One of the things that stood out for me watching Tevis every year and walking the barns early the following morning and looking at the horses, is just how different each horse can look after a 100. They range from horses that look like they haven't done anything, to those that just look a little stiff but otherwise alert, to those who look truly whupped. As Julie Suhr once said, at the end of a ride, you have to look into the horse's eye and know whether or not you did right by him. How does one finish with a horse that looks bright eyed and bushy tailed? Until you do a 100, how will you know how your horse is going to deal with it? I agree that many horses would probably be quite capable of 100s if managed correctly, but the flip side is, if you're wrong, you end up with one of the whupped-looking ones and have to suffer the consequences of your own conscience. It's definitely a chicken and egg situation - you won't know until you try it. I would love to do 100s and hope one day to have a horse that will do Tevis... but I don't want to have to look my horse in the eye and answer to my conscience if I screw it up. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Lucy Chaplin Trumbull elsietee AT foothill DOT net Repotted english person in the Sierra foothills, California * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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