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Re: [RC] [RC] EN Article - Lysanne & Cindy - Juli Jakub

I agree the trend is changing, but I disagree that alot of the top event competitors do not break and train early. I was a working student for a few of them and I was up and on the two year olds...I do admit however these were often horses they sold to other eventers, not the ones they kept for themselves. I have been out of it for a while and I hope that people have changed certainly, but I competed extensively with my TB and we were most often competeing against horses the same age. When I was a young rider competeing we were all on young horses practically. Every show I went to alot of the other young adults I met were riding 4,5,6 year olds. Someone was teaching us that it was okay and often it was high level competitors as alot of us were working students for big names. That is alot of people riding young horses...mostly ones dreaming of Olympic Glory. Dressage riders however are very slow with their youngsters....Good for Them!! People often picked on them for it!! I shake my head at my ignorance now...but I was young and foolish with big dreams and it never occured to me that what my trainers told me might be wrong...but I still take full responsibility. I remember one well known trainer looking at a horse with me and telling me it was too old!!! She wanted me on something younger so we would have a longer career together competeing!!
Juli

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From: SandyDSA@xxxxxxx
To: KimFue@xxxxxxx, ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC]   EN Article - Lysanne & Cindy
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 11:31:23 EST




In the past, having ridden, trained and competed numerous breeds in both
dressage and working over fences, it is less and less common to see 4 years old
being competed, and the ones I do see don't last long.



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