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RE: [RC] [RC] Ride, just ride. - Amber B Fort

I would have to agree.  Very well written




Amber & David Fort
Knight Hawk Ranch
"Performance with out parameters"
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Black Streak, Black Pure Polish Arabian stallion
PAF Triple Codi, Blue Roan FQHR/AQHA stallion
From: "Laura Hayes" <mark@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [RC] Ride, just ride.
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 19:52:28 -0400
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I rode my horse today.  There was no fanfare, no wonderful volunteers, no miles or points accrued, no competitors rude or otherwise, no telephones, traffic jams or computers.  Just she and I and an aging but eternally enthusiastic Springer Spaniel.
 
We traversed the mountains of the Allegany National Forest along the NY/PA border - sometimes on trails, sometimes off through the trees seeking solitude and beauty.  We found it, by the way. 
 
The sky was brilliant blue, the air, while close with early summer heat, was clean and sweet with blossoms and leaves.  My mare, Allure, looked forward to every turn and hill with her black rimmed ears perked and her liquid arab eyes wide and bright. She never failed to jog with that smooth ground covering gait, to the top of every hill, eager to see ahead.  Her red-bay coat was fine and shiny with a spider web of veins just under the damp surface, and her soft black muzzle shone with the glow of exertion.
 
The trees, oaks, cherry, maples, hemlock - some over a hundred years old, watched us go by, gently rustling and bowing to our passage, as they did the native americans, the settlers, the hunters and other nature lovers who may have passed this way.  If only they could talk.  The rocks under our feet bore the stamp of ancient creatures from when these mountains were covered in sea water.  The creeks tumbled clear and fresh through moss covered boulders, lending refreshment and relief to the creatures who forded them.
 
It was a perfect day.  The springer is asleep at my feet, the mare is grazing in knee deep grass with her best friends, and I am sun burnt and content.
 
Ride, for pete's sake, just ride.
 
Laura Hayes
AERC#2741
 
 


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