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Well it is and we should look forward to challenges and consider them 
opportunities to excel. But alas - today's new generation of riders 
consist of a bunch of whiners who don't relish such opportunities to 
excel ;-) !

Please excuse me while I go find shelter from the flaming arrows.

Truman

Bob Morris wrote:
> I thought it was called endurancce riding because the competitors might have
> to endure some out of ordinary conditions. 
>
> I never ever heard of this new "excuse riding" before
>
> Bob
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> Bob Morris
> Morris Endurance Enterprises
> Boise, ID
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Truman Prevatt
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 9:31 AM
> To: Steph Teeter
> Cc: Sbolinge@xxxxxxx; ride camp
> Subject: Re: [RC] FEI ETC
>
> One of the challenges of the endurance season in Florida is the weather. 
> It is easier to deal with the 80 degree days we can get once awhile in 
> the winter - you just clip and use water - than to deal with the weather 
> in the teens we can get every once in awhile. Steph might recall the 
> Osceola ride in 2000 which was sub 20 when we started off.
>
> In the cold everything becomes a major issue. The water buckets freeze. 
> The water is cold and some horses don't tend to drink as well in the 
> cold. You don't have enough on the horse and they can fail to warm up 
> properly and cramp. You have too much and they sweat and get cold from 
> loss of heat. They need more energy to stay warm - particularly if 
> clipped or if wet when it is in the 20's than in the 60's. Normally cold 
> is from a front moving through which is accompanied with Northwest 
> winter winds - which add to the problems.
>
> They can cramp if you don't get the blankets on soon enough. They can 
> sweat and get cold if you get them on too soon. Some horses do fine in 
> cold weather - I've ridden one where it didn't matter. Some just don't 
> do well in cold weather - I've been riding one for 12 years that just 
> hates cold weather. On top of that none of this addresses the impact of 
> the cold on the rider - all the same issues.
>
> Personally I'd rather deal with 80 degrees than 30 degrees any day of 
> the week.
>
> Truman
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“It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how 
smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong” Richard 
Feynman, Nobel Laureate in Physics


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