After doing this four times she was judged off in all four. Marilyn
Horstmeyer, standing behind me said - "if a horse is off in all four does
that mean it that the rider is lame in the brain", and yelled "Truman I
told you that people that ride walking horses were lame in the brain". I
might have taken offense, except Marilyn (who is a friend) had won the FL 3
Day 100 on a walking horse the year before, but Kerry Ridgeway was the vet
there and some small animial vet was that the current ride.
Truman
>just thought i would add something that was amusing about
>gaited horses from the competetive trail ride side. this may
>not apply in endurance.
>
>some vets i talked to that judged the competitive trail
>rides said they felt uncertain concerning how to judge
>the degree of lameness for these horses since they didn't know what the gait
>was supposed to look like.
>
>i had one friend in vermont with icelandic horses that went to a few
>rides with several horses and found that the vets said her best - and
>soundest horse - was the one that trotted instead of the tolt. she
>- of course - thought just the opposite.
>
>now that i am doing mostly endurance - the small differences that added
>up in ctr are not the important factor.
>
>mike maul
>mmaul@micro.ti.com
>houston, tx
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The race is not always to the swift, but to those that keep running.
Truman and Mystic "The Horse from HELL" Storm
prevatt@lds.loral.com - Sarasota, Florida
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