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Re: FW: [RC] is this rude/Drafting - heidi larson


when you've asked the other person if they'd like to pass, or told them that 
your horse is tired of being in front and they still say they'd rather be back 
there, I had to resort to another tactic.  Ordinarily my horse likes to lead 
and pull other horses, just this one time the rider was "determined" to keep me 
in sight and you could feel it coming off her and her horse was also tired 
looking in the eyes (IMO.) At the last VC she came in ahead of me however, her 
horse's HR didn't come down and I ended up going out about 8 min. ahead of her 
and made sure she never saw us again.  Not only is it not fair to my horse to 
be dragging all the way, but her horse didn't need the "excuse" to go faster 
than he should have.  IMO again.  FWIW!

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heidi larson


--- On Tue, 4/7/09, Mike Sherrell <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


From: Mike Sherrell <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: FW: [RC] is this rude/Drafting
To: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 1:33 AM

Message
 
 
 
But is this dude
rafting?
?
Regards,
?
Mike
Sherrell
Grizzly
Analytical (USA)
www.grizzlyanalytical.com
707 887 2919;
fax = 707 887 
9834
?



From:
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[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
sherman
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 5:31 PM
To: 
ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC] is this rude/Drafting 




Why not just 
politely tell the other rider that your horse gets anxious
or annoyed?when 
another horse is behind but not with? To me, this falls
under the category of 
"it's not rude unless you tell
them?you're having a problem with their 
actions". It may help the person understand not to do
this in the future unless 
they check with the rider ahead. 
?
Kathy
?

heidi larson wrote:If I
feel I'm being drafted off of and it's hurting my
horse's mental outlook, 
I will pull off into the brush, apologize to the person
behind me and say I 
need to take a potty break!  Works every time!  
 






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