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Re: [RC] NATRC/AERC crossovers - Barbara McCrary

Ron and Ruth Waltenspiel of Healdsburg, CA come to mind of a couple who has successfully done crossover.  I'm fairly certain they started with NATRC and embraced endurance later on.  Ruth was National Champion on an Arab gelding named Kandar, who once belonged to a neighbor here in Swanton.  The horse was a bit much for our neighbor, but Ruth ended up buying him and turned him into a champ.  Somewhere, in Arabian Horse World of about 25-30 years ago, there is an excellent article about Ruth and Kandar, with lots of photos.  I have it somewhere.  Nowadays, Ruth is known well as the manager of Cooley Ranch ride.
 
Barbara
----- Original Message -----
To: CK
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] NATRC/AERC crossovers


On Oct 9, 2007, at 12:23 PM, CK wrote:

NICE PHOTOS. I ENJOYED THE KIDS' pics the most. Now what is the difference between NATRC and endurance riders? For me, I could see one difference most noticably:weight of the riders. The riders did seem to be trying hard to do a good job riding their horses.
Experienced NATRC riders could do endurance, no sweat!


My late friend, Helen Logan, was a good crossover example. She managed two NATRC rides a year (for about a decade), plus managed a NATRC Championship Challenge and an IAHA National CTR; won the grand champion horse in NATRC, and arned several of her 12 Tevis buckles on the same horse (Bo-Rand). She mentored me through my early Open rides in NATRC, and while medical problems haven't allowed me to do more than some LDs (a CTR Open pace is plenty adequate to finish an LD), I enjoy endurance as a sport and co-managed the Cinquenta Anos AERC ride. I know many NATRC Open riders that do endurance as well. They are both long distrance trail sports.

Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA
http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/
http://www.dslextreme.com/~napha/JoyOfRiding/index.htm

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Re: [RC] NATRC/AERC crossovers, CK
Re: [RC] NATRC/AERC crossovers, Lynn Kinsky