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[RC] More Whoa Needed - rides2farOK, Mike, I've looked up your record and I've got a whole new perspective now. Looks like you're a heck of a lot more conservative than your horse is. >G< If anybody wants to look up his horse's record the name is LM Milonguita. When you said a junior had ridden it in the past I had this instant vision of a competitive man getting hold of some little kid's favorite pony and got interested enough to look it up, and I've gotta laugh at myself. You bought a horse that had run to win and had lots of top 10's with a "junior" who's been riding as an adult for years. Getting her to get that out of your mare's system will not be as easy as starting a new horse and trying to add "whoa" (and that ain't even easy) I would not piddle around in 25's for 2 years. 25 is nothing to her, she's won 50's and finished a 100. I'd get her in shape doing steady riding, then I'd try to hook her up with a steady horse to buddy up on 50's. You'll have a lot more trouble keeping her sound going fast than you will going far, especially if she's carrying more weight than she used to...but if things are too easy for her, doing 25's, she's gonna be a fire breather. Hang on! P.S. I just tried to do a "pleasure ride" on my higher mileage horse who's had a year off. Ha ha. He's so fat he waddles but I could barely get him out of a walk without risking a run away. They don't forget! Angie McGhee =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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