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Re: [RC] How do you NOT act like a newbie? - Laney Humphrey

I'm starting to read this thread late but just in case no one has suggested it, read the "newbie" area of endurance.net and and the "education" section on the aerc.org webpage.
Laney

Chelsea Marsh wrote:
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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Replies
RE: [RC] How do you NOT act like a newbie?, David LeBlanc
RE: [RC] How do you NOT act like a newbie?, Chelsea Marsh