Re: [RC] [RC] [RC] [RC] NATRC is not endurance - Beth Walker
I can relate to this - big time. ?I'm currently trying to get my fellow to be a bit less hyper at rides. ?He is perfect by himself, and just fine on trail rides with small groups. ?He actually seems to recognize which horses go fast, and which go slow if he has been on a couple of rides with the same horse. ?:) ? Even going out on a loosen-up ride the day before Ride Day, his is usually just fine. ?But Ride Day? ? Rocket Time! ? ?
He gets wound up, and is constantly fighting me to go faster, wigs out when other horses come up behind, and wants to jam his nose in the tail of the horse ahead if he is behind. ??My problem is that he ONLY does this at rides, so it is really hard to work on it at home. ?
On Oct 9, 2007, at 10:36 PM, Kathy Mayeda wrote:
I think that my horse will know the difference!? If he has too much time to think he starts trash talking at the other horses, so if we are pacing to slow it may be an issue. ? If he has a job to do, like get down the trail, he's fine.
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He'll probably throw a tantrum on the trail and be doing his lame trot.? Besides he's a grey horse that gets green slime down the butt.? If you look closely at the notepad they gave out at the AERC convention this year, that's me and my dirty behinded Beau on the second day of Cuyama years ago.? I'm sure that we would be marked down for that.? I know, I know, diarhea on an endurance horse ain't a good thing, but it hasn't slowed us down, it's just kept us from going too far.
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I had an arena lesson on him a couple of weeks ago and my instructor asked me to use one of my other horses for lessons next time.? He was acting lame, threw a tantrum and was sulky and not wanting to go at all.? The following weekend we rode some pretty brutal trail for two days without a mis-step.
