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This is GREAT!

Char wrote:
> Now here is where the most important things lie. I was SAFE! I was 
> safe for me, I was safe for other riders and I was safe for the 
> Tevis volunteers, vets and my crew. I got this horse broke, to what 
> I thought was a safe horse to ride. He wouldn't wreck someone else's 
> ride and I knew that others would be okay around
> us. He trailers, tied, camped and could be crowded. People could 
> ride up his rear and cut him off.

I wish more people thought like this at local rides!

One comment about Char's story (and this is certainly not meant as a 
criticism, or even to "second guess" her)--she was 15 mins OT and 
didn't ask her horse for more because he was tired.  I think 
sometimes they become more tired from being out all night than from 
going too fast; in other words I think there is such a thing as too 
slow.  They are tired (in the sense of sleepy) rather than exhausted 
(as in used up).  The trick is to know the difference, and avoid it.

All in all, great job Char.

terre 


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