RE: [RC] Is it possible-- reponse to Ed - Rae Callaway
Sounds like some great horses, Sylvia, but
they don’t quite fit the mold of “untrained” before they
started endurance. They both had a base of previous competition, which
would be quite different from a horse that’s just been a pasture potato.
Rae
Tall C Arabians - Central
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reponse to Ed
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>.
