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RE: [RC] How do you NOT act like a newbie? - Chelsea Marsh

dleblanc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
Oh - and here's another - if you're riding in a group, and come to a
gate,
the youngest rider is the one who has to get off and open it. 

8-) 
Hmm....little skeptical about that one! 
On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:14:07 -0800, "David LeBlanc"
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-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara McCrary [mailto:bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 3:36 PM
To: David LeBlanc; 'Chelsea Marsh'; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC] How do you NOT act like a newbie?

And the all-time important one:  If you are riding in a group 
and someone gets off to open a gate for you and the others, 
DO NOT run off and leave the gate-opener alone.  Wait until 
he or she has finished closing the gate and is mounted up 
again, ready to go.

Barbara

----- Original Message -----
From: "David LeBlanc" <dleblanc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Chelsea Marsh'" <chelsea_marsh@xxxxxxxxxxx>; 
<ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 1:03 PM
Subject: RE: [RC] How do you NOT act like a newbie?


Chelsea asked yet another question:

I've heard you guys talking about some things that people,
who don't really know what they're doing, will do on a ride.
I try as a rule to be courteous and don't want to upset or
bother anyone, especially since I'm a newbie, and I was
wondering what I should know to NOT do on a ride. I read that
list on endurance net, any other suggestions?

Well, there's good newbies and bad newbies. A good newbie 
will admit that
they have no clue, politely ask for help, and are generally 
overwhelmed 
with
helpful people.

Things to do and not do:

Do not pass everyone at warp speed while whining that you 
can't hold him
back.

Don't follow someone who's going to fast. Ride your own 
ride!!! Do not 
ride
the other person's ride. Especially don't do this while 
whining that you
can't hold them back. If you need to get away from a horse 
that's going 
too
fast, find a place to stop - a patch of grass, or a water 
stop. Maybe even
get off until the other person is well out of sight.

Do ask nicely if you can go by if there's not room, and if 
there is, a
cheery "Hello!", followed by "passing on your left/right", 
while leaving
plenty of room so there's not a wreck if someone's horse kicks.

Do _not_ gallop past someone standing on the ground trying 
to fix their
tack. It wasn't a newbie who did this to me, but it was really rude.

Do slow down before the vet check. Get off the horse, 
loosen girths and 
walk
in. I do this 1/8 to 1/4 of a mile out, depending on 
weather and how fast
I'm riding.

Do not start in the front for your first ride. I prefer not 
to do that 
ever.

If you're at a water trough, and someone else comes up, 
it's nice if when
you're ready to leave, you ask the other person if it's OK. 
Some horses 
will
stop drinking if someone leaves. This somewhat depends on 
how much of a
hurry you're in, and whether they're already with other people.

If someone's in the process of getting on their horse at a 
water stop, 
it's
nice to wait until they're in the saddle before you run off.

Do not argue with the vet or the RM - ever. Groveling may 
be OK, depending
on circumstances.

If you get stuck behind someone, try not to tailgate. If 
your horse is 
being
a pain and wants to tailgate, or the trail gets congested, 
check with the
person in front of you and see how big a problem this is 
for them. If you
tailgate me at the start, you could get kicked, and I could 
get bucked 
off.
Later in the ride, it might be fine.

If you get pulled, that's not the time to discuss what's 
wrong with the 
vet,
especially if there's a line. The vets will be a lot more 
helpful when
they're not busy, assuming that you're not headed directly for the 
treatment
vet already.

If someone comes up behind you, it's because either you're 
loafing, or 
it's
because they have more horse left than you. Either way, let 
them by. If 
they
slow down later, you can pass them. Try not to consistently 
leapfrog 
people.

When someone does come up from behind you, asking "Would 
you like to go 
by?"
is a nice thing. They may be in a hurry, or they may be 
relieved to find
another horse to follow who's saner than their horse.




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