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The truth about the "Duck rides" is, it ain't about the Duck, it's about the Horse and the Turkey ridin' it.

 

This Turkey wishes ALL rides followed the Duck and Annie's philosophy about what constitutes an endurance equine event. 

 

One final thought about it all is it is about RECOGNITION...good horsemanship is certainly recognized, if by no other means than having that horse eagerly look to the breaking morning and the trail awaiting,  although XP Rides does a GREAT job of "additional" recognition of the horse and rider.  "Challenged Horsemanship" is recognized as well, and even on the remotest of trails, there is no place to hide from that recognition.  Should the latter type of recognition be the norm for a particular rider-type, I'd think that rider would need discouraged from attending ANY endurance ride, irrespective of RM.

 

Frank Solano

 

 

On 10/21/07, Laney Humphrey <laneyhh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm sure Karen will reply when she gets home from the 2 day ride she's
at this weekend.
Laney
another follower of the Lost Duck

David LeBlanc wrote:
> I was considering going to the Death Valley ride, and wrote to ask about
> some things I had a question about. Karen replied, and oddly enough,
> discouraged me from coming. I've never had a RM do this before, and it
> was apparently because she thought I required something these rides
> won't provide. I'm not really sure just what this might be – there's
> lots of things I like, but most of them aren't required - and asked
> about it, but haven't seen a reply just yet.
>
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> I went to the web site, and found this –
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> "I hope that ride managers, offering rides with more structure and
> amenities will continue to prosper and conduct even more rides, so that
> everyone will have an opportunity to seek a venue they wish to play in.
> Our rides are not for everyone, nor are they meant to be. They operate
> under the direction of our family, whose style and opinions are well
> known. Distance riding is a many faceted sport, and the variety of
> venues shows strength, not a weakness. We welcome you to give our corner
> of the sport a try."
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> I've been to rides where there were lots of nice amenities – showers,
> dinner every night, running water, and so on, but none of these are
> requirements. All I really require is a reasonably well marked trail,
> and water for the horses along the way. Basically, if I know what to
> expect, I can generally manage. Many of the rides I go to don't have
> much to anything I'd consider an amenity – just a place to park, horse
> water in camp, a good trail to ride, and vets. As I've stated here
> before, I strongly prefer a treatment vet be present – I rarely need
> one, but the rides where no one has needed one have been the exception.
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> Since Karen's apparently too busy to reply, I'm sure plenty of you have
> been to Duck rides, and can hopefully explain just what the difference
> is. I've read the bit about how you're expected to take care of your own
> horse, and that's something I agree with – so what else is there? Some
> of these rides are in some pretty cool places, and now that I'm starting
> to get some vacation accumulated, travelling out of the NW may well be
> an option next year.
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