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Cindy,

Please note that I wasn't arguing with *you*.

Just saying that it is a saying that I have heard,

seen repeated often, that I dont agree with...

Please note FOR THE RECORD That I was

not quoting you in any way!!!!!!!! Nor referring to

your post!!!!!  Please note that you were not the

original content of my post THANK YOU &

Good Nite~

Cindy Collins <c_collins@xxxxxxx> wrote:

You know if everyone would go back to my "original" quote:

"any horse that can go 10-15 miles in training at a reasonable pace should be able to finish a 25 miler in 6 hours."   There wouldn't be much to argue about.  It's been twisted in typical ridecamp ways :)  For those who are challenged in interpreting my statement...please note:  "CAN go 10-15 miles"  " in training"  and "At a reasonable pace."  While I've had plenty of heart-breaking pulls, I'm thinking that only two were metabolic and neither of those were horses I "pulled out of the pasture."  Most of my pulls have been for over time!  I believe my life time completion rate runs around 95%.  I wish it were 100%, but I'll stand by my experience and my statement.  Cindy

From LeBlanc:  So while there may be a lot of us who know enough to manage an out of shape

horse through a ride, Christina's really got the right idea. This is

especially true if you don't have a zillion miles of completions. I'm not

going to bet against Cindy doing that if she wanted to, but she's got 8000+

miles, and I'd bet that even Cindy would end up with some pulls at the 1/2

way point because the horse was 'ADR' (ain't doing right). Maybe it _can_ be

done, but that's a different thing than _should_ be done.

Cindy Collins

c_collins@xxxxxxx

Happy Fall Y'all!!!

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