Before anyone decides to go "look up my record" please note that I have
never done Endurance - LD's, 50, 75 or 100 (in case someone wants to start that
discussion again). But I have run a few thousand CTR miles and brought
along horses which became National Champions, etc.- you can look up my NATRC or
AHA record.
But it is the very things Frank has pointed out in his post that deters me
from making the move over to Endurance. Can someone please tell me why the
horse has to suffer so often in this sport for what appears to be the "goals" of
the rider?
Karen Everhart MEd Co-founder and Executive Director Rainbow Meadows
Rescue and Retirement, Inc. Serving the equine companions who have so loyally
served us... www.rainbowmeadowsranch.com 620-725-3402
Owner/Operator Horse Calls - Equine Management Solutions Centered Riding
Instructor Distance Horse Conditioning and Training www.horsecalls.com 316-648-5082
Perhaps an endurance advertisement of a
horse coming into a vet check with three people sloshing cold water on it to
get it to cool down just enough to meet pulse/recovery criteria,
while massage is being applying to tightening muscles (in order to continue),
while cold water is being applied to active pathology in lower limbs to slow
it down so the vet check can be passed, would be more appropriate?
Perhaps an endurance advertisement of a horse racing out of a vet
check to "catch up" after having to remain in that vet check an extra few
minutes to meet recovery criteria or for its gut motility to kick back in
would be more appropriate?
Perhaps an endurancement advertisement of a horse
whose cut or banged up lower limb cuts are being evaluated to determine
whether than horse is sound enough to CONTINUE on the
oh-so-important-endurance-event it now finds itself on.
There are many ads which could be run in a magazine to illustrate
the sport, some absolutely wonderful and inviting, to be sure.
It's amazing how "wrapped around the axle" people get on the "appearance"
of things and then are able to turn an eye at what is standing, live,
right before them.
