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This is just my personal opinion, but I would NOT pre ride any long 
distances of the trail, this close to the ride. The best thing one could 
do, in my opinion, is to ride from the fairgrounds out to the highway 
crossing, or maybe to the river crossing and back.  It is more 
beneficial (again, in my opinion) to ride the stuff you will be riding 
in the dark, and be the most mentally drained, than riding any of the 
other stuff. Also, less chance of injury to said horse (or mule) this 
close to the ride if you stick to the easier stuff towards the end.

We always did all our pre-riding 3 to 5 weeks ahead of the ride, then 
just do easy stuff as we got close to the ride.

And remember, if your horse is not "in shape" for the ride today, not 
much you can change by next Saturday except to actually put too many 
miles on them.
Jonni

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