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RE: [RC] race brain behavior vs. training. - Ginger Bill

What about Polo Ponies as they are extremely active and travel alot? Ginger

> Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 17:45:59 -0700
> From: margetts@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [RC] race brain behavior vs. training.
>
> Holy cow! I was actually ASSUMING that they HAD been more trained,
> prepared, experienced etc. than any other horses in the world at this
> level. But at this event they certainly didn't act like the "perfectly
> trained" horses jvm said they were. That's why there was the question as
> to what the hell happened and is this just what is normal, common,
> expected and accepted at WEC and if you see this happen all the time at
> these kinds of rides.Do these types of endurance race horses just forget
> all that training we know they've been given, easier than other horses
> when it's time to perform? Like I said before, I've just never seen it
> in coverage of other top level equestrian sporting events like dressage
> at the Olympics. I have only seen it at racing events while the handlers
> are trying to get the horses into the gate, and attributed THAT to "race
> brain" and the inexperience of those being two year olds. When the
> question was first brought up, it was explained by the weather and the
> excitement of the event, the travel and change of conditions. But this
> type of behavior doesn't seem to happen with other types of events that
> have the kinds of challenges. My guess still is that it was a combo of a
> lot of these things but that a great part falls on the tendency for the
> horses for this type of event excel precisely because they were chosen
> because they HAVE a "race brain". But along with that quality they are
> probably more apt than most to just "loose it" than other breeds in
> other sports. It's also my guess that a rider WANTS them to keep that
> "race brain" in order to be competitive to win, and not train it OUT of
> them, but in turn, is challenged with the continuing NEED to continually
> try and train even more manners into them than other sports just so they
> can focus that "race brain" on the task at hand.
>
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