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RE: [RC] [RC] re: LD, 50, 100 - Kitley, Carrie E Civ USAF AFSPC 30 MDSS/SGSLF

Exactly.  My horse completed quite a few 50's with her previous owner.  She 
became my horse a little over 2 years ago and I started with LD's because I 
felt that was MY limit, not hers.  Lol  Incidentally, I discovered some things 
during the LDs that I'm glad I didn't have to learn during a 50.  She needs 
e-lytes bumped-up to encourage drinking, she needs some corrective hoof 
trimming (had some EponaTech images done to determine exactly what needs to be 
done) and I need to work out.  =) 

Carrie Kitley
30th Medical Group, Vandenberg AFB
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-----Original Message-----
From: Cindy Collins [mailto:c_collins@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 9:53 AM
To: Kitley, Carrie E Civ USAF AFSPC 30 MDSS/SGSLF
Cc: heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Ridecamp
Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] re: LD, 50, 100

As Angie said (I think), there are certainly people that are under-prepared and 
none of us want to encourage that behavior.  However, if your horse has done a 
couple of 25 milers with no problems, there is no reason why the horse can't do 
a 50 miler.  I feel that Heidi was much more eloquent in explaining this than I 
was.  My first endurance horse did two 25 milers back in 1979.  Those are the 
last 25 milers I've ever done.  My horses start out on 50s and I have started 
horses on 100s.  Cindy

On Jun 24, 2008, at 10:45 AM, Kitley, Carrie E Civ USAF AFSPC 30 MDSS/SGSLF 
wrote:


       A horse that has been consistently ridden doing SOMETHING and having 
SOME trail time can usually complete 50s, even if the weekly mileage is 
inconsistent or not very high.  
       
       See, in all honesty, I did not know this when I started.  I thought you 
had to put in so many miles per week, so many hours in the saddle, etc in order 
to venture into a 50.  I felt my riding time was too limited to ever attempt a 
50.  Thanks to this forum, I'm learning otherwise.   
       
       
       Carrie Kitley




Cindy Collins
c_collins@xxxxxxx





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