Re: [RC] Is it possible-- reponse to Ed - Dbeverly4
In a message dated 2/15/2006 1:31:28 PM Pacific Standard Time,
rides2far@xxxxxxxx writes:
Maybe a
horse can go from untrained to ready in a year. Examples anybody?
They can do it.....My horse, Harca, went from a dressage horse to a Tevis
horse in under 12 months. He did 2 50 mile rides and 2 NATRC rides
(Open division) during the summer leading up to Tevis and he finished in
great shape in 1992. Went on to finish 5 more Tevis rides
and VC 100. He was 7 years old for his first Tevis. His owners, Henry
and Helen Logan, did a great job of getting him ready .... they were very
experienced Tevis riders. But I also think he was exceptional (I'm not
biased at all, no not me <g>).
Another of their horses, Gdapper, came off the Arabian race track as a 9
year old, did 4 50 milers and finished Tevis....that was over the course of 2
years though. The delay was due mostly to Gdapper's brain refusing to
accept that he was no longer a (rank) stallion <g>.
