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Water found naturally on trail.  Man, that's a rare thing out here in  
the desert PS.  I would find that prospect daunting indeed.

The level of crewing seen east of the Rockies is quite different than  
that seen in our region.  Usually crews aren't hauling to spots on  
trail, only to vet checks.  And rarely do I see any of them with  
their own water supply as I saw at the KY NCs for instance.

Yeah, the only CT game in town out here is NATRC...

Lynne



On Aug 24, 2006, at 7:30 PM, Horse ElinoreL.Tonsor wrote:

> Actually, as a UMECRA competitive rider and ride manager, I don't  
> like to
> see you use the CTR initial for our rides.  We call it Competitive  
> Riding in
> the Midwest, and it is very different from NATRC Competitive Trail  
> Riding.
>
> I made up my mind that I wasn't going to get into this discussion,  
> because
> we stopped having it in the Midwest years ago.  Many of our top  
> endurance
> riders (Jan Worthington, Joe Mattingley, Candy Barbo, Joyce  
> Mocilan, Lori
> Windows to name a few) in the Midwest ride Endurance on Saturday and
> Competitive on Sunday.  They see the advantages and fun in both.
>
> I too take exception to the "average" term used.  We do 50 mile  
> competitive
> rides in the Midwest, so when the endurance horse is getting crewed  
> for,
> sloshing jugs, water buckets at road crossings, the competitive  
> horse must
> trot right on past this luxurary and get their water and sloshing  
> from water
> found naturally on the trail.  We do 3 day 100's, 2 day 100's, 2- 
> day 75's,
> and Shore to Shore has a 5 day 175 mile competitive ride. And  
> speaking of
> "average", Lori Window's Mule, Shaman of the Wallowas, just  
> completed 15,000
> miles of competition in July.  I believe 14,000 of those miles have  
> been
> logged in Competitive Riding.  Wouldn't it be something if that was
> "average" for the endurance horse.
>
> Elinore Tonsor

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