Don't know how much wonderful advice I can offer up, but I prefer to raise/train my own. I have had great success (in my mind anyway) with several. I am working on my 4 yr. old right now, and she is coming along really well, especially since we are having triple digit heat index to ride her in. :))
Some that I have raised and trained:
Petit Jets Shadow- 5000+ mile horse
Petit Shammere- almost 2000 mile horse or maybe she reached it...don't remember
Petit Jets Rose- 3000+ mile horse
and soon to be Petit Jets Legacy aka Squirrel
Ones that I have trained:
Cash Bonus-about 1500 and counting !!! 100 Mile monster, going to the NC
The Boogie Man- 300+ miles and going to the NC
Raf Darget- 2000+ mile horse
Fantastiq Love- 1950+ mile horse, hopes to come back after an injury in the spring.
Just lots of LSD and then slow years bringing them along. Then after about 3 years, you have a good solid horse.
Jody
PS. I have two young Arab mules that are my next BIG challenge.
--- On Mon, 7/21/08, Kitley, Carrie E Civ USAF AFSPC 30 MDSS/SGSLF <carrie.kitley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Kitley, Carrie E Civ USAF AFSPC 30 MDSS/SGSLF <carrie.kitley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [RC] Bringing up baby E-horses . . . To: "RideCamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Monday, July 21, 2008, 12:32 PM
Ok here goes . . I'm curious to hear from folks who have reared/trained
their own endurance horses from foals, and on how difficult an undertaking this
was. I realize it is all subjective according to the particular horse's
attitude, personality, physical abilities, etc.. I have lots of horse
experience, but I have never attempted to train a horse myself. I am not
interested in training for cutting, roping, dressage, showing or anything like
that so I'm interested in the type of training expertise needed for
endurance. So, I would love to hear the varying experiences by those who have
had success in this endeavor. Thanks for your input. :)
Carrie Kitley
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From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lynne Glazer
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 10:25 AM
To: Beverley H. Kane, MD
Cc: RideCamp
Subject: Re: [RC] Internet dialog
Right on, Beverly. And people who post the most here have
proportionately more chances to attract the off-hand response, or that
un-nuanced by facial _expression_-seemingly contrary-or-insulting one.
You said it so nicely. "It's all in y/our own sense of self-esteem
and ego fortitude." In my rushed, ex-military vernacular I would have
just said it's time to "grow a set".
It's just amazing to me sometimes--there will be this knock-down, drag
out battle where it's not just passion for the issue but has turned
personal--and I know the participants FACE to FACE well enough to
realize if this was over a campfire they'd be the best of friends.
I always pause before hitting the send button, and think about whether
I want the thousands of ridecamp subscribers to see my message, and
not just the few participating in that particular topic. I absolutely
DO limit my written participation here, though I read all the
responses, skimming and deleting. So very many times I've hit the
"save as draft" button because of feeling so strongly about what
I'm
replying to--and go back to it later, just deleting it because either
it wasn't necessary or someone else made my points and usually in a
much more graceful manner.
Lynne
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<http://lynnesite.blogspot.com/>
On Jul 21, 2008, at 8:27 AM, Beverley H. Kane, MD wrote:
> "On the Internet, no one knows you're a dog."
>
> While the pot shots, self-righteousness, and emotional UNtelligence
> in online chats is unfortunate, that's life on the Internet.
> Internet dialog is a semi-anonymous, asynchronous medium that lends
> itself to rude and cowardly communication styles that one would
> never dare to express in a face-to-face encounter. It's like a drug
> or like breaking cups against the wall for people with grudges,
> chips on their shoulders, insecurities, and deficient social skills.
>
> But really, people who refrain from posting their questions and
> wisdom due to e-mail taunts strike me as comparably thin of skin as
> those who feel like second class citizens at LDs. It's all in y/our
> own sense of self-esteem and ego fortitude.
>
> The same core strength we engage to ride our horses-that immovable
> sense of center, that unshakeable sense of self-can be called upon
> to withstand the buffeting of hurtful Internet barbs.
>
> Beverley
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