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RE: [RC] Average Speed at Rides - Susan & Jerry MilamDr Deb is a great and charismatic anatomist, but her leaps to conclusions in the endurance living laboratory makes me scratch my head a lot. The longevity of many of our 1000 mile horses really disproves these comments about speed and our use of our buddies. Sure some people overide their horses, but that is a rarity, not the norm. Totally agree with you Angie! In His Hands, Susan, Fly Bye & Dandy "All you have to decide is what to do with the time you are given." Gandalf the Grey of Lord of the Rings -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rides2far@xxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 8:05 PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Average Speed at Rides On her website, Dr. Deb says, "We also need to remember the speed factor: the > quickest way to kill a horse, lame him up, ruin his back, or destroy the most > valuble part of him of all--his willingness to put forth effort--is to race. > Over long distances and terrain, "race" means to average more than 4.5 m.p.h. > (Winners in today's 75-100 mile races are doing 5 to 6 m.p.h. average; > winners Where do you start on a statement like that? If it were true that the quickest way to kill/ruin, yadda yadda a horse was to go over 4.5 mph over distance...well...we'd have a zillion dead horses a year instead of a handful. What are we doing wrong? I mean...assuming the statement is true, why aren't they dying? Most of the 50's I go to have everyone in before 10 hrs. And as to racing "destroying his willingness to put forth effort"...well I don't know about ya'll, but racing destroys *my* horse's willingness to WHOA DANGIT! Nothing makes a horse insist on racing like racing...that's the hardest thing about it...keeping them from getting too obsessed with it! I understand that Deb's probably referring to the extremely, sadly overtrained horse, but some people are going to take this quote literally and be holding their poor horse back to 4.5 mph when it would be far more comfortable at 6 or 7. Angie All this talk of a horse not being mature till he's what...9? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= __________ NOD32 1.1412 (20060216) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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