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We often speak of hacking to the meet as opposed to arriving in a horse
trailer to foxhunt.
Libby

Susan wrote:
> "Hack" simply means to ride a horse...like a pleasure ride. Foxhunting
> is riding to follow hounds hunting it's prey; endurance riding is a
> competitive cross country ride; showing is a competitive event to
> display a horse's excellence at a particular discipline (I use
> "excellence" and "discipline" loosely...LOL!); hacking is just out
> riding for relaxation. When I school a horse, I'm schooling. When I'm
> just out riding for the fun of it (although there may be some
> schooling going on...but it's not my main objective) I'm out on a hack.
> Juli means she can give her horse something for the pain that would
> otherwise be illegal in the competitive world and just ride for the
> enjoyment of it all. Or, she may be need to drug him but she won't be
> able to ride him like she may on an endurance ride.
> */Mike Sherrell <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:
>
>     I am interested in the derivation and connotations of the word
>     "hack" as
>     applies to riding. Would anyone care to venture a definition?
>
>     > Juli Bechard wrote:
>     >> my little Paso just got retired from endurance completely. We are
>     >> hoping he’ll be ok just to hack around lightly. 
>
>
>
> Semper Obliquo (Always aside),
> Susan Young, The Princess of Pink
> */Your Independent Mary Kay Beauty Consultant
> /*Glenndale Grace Farm, Ft Gibson, Oklahoma U.S.A.
> "Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride
> on! Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race!" - Charles Dickens
> (1812-1870)
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