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[endurance] thanks.to.all.of.you.who.answered.me.onrides

The Purple Demon (purpl2@teleport.com)
Thu, 19 Oct 1995 19:21:27 -0700 (PDT)

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On Thu, 19 Oct 1995, PLOUGH wrote:

> When you all go on a 25 mile ride, is that a one day event or 2 days?

One day. Special and I are beginners, so it takes us about 4 hours.

> By the way, I do loops all the time on a one day ride. Sometimes
> I'll ride to Annadel State Park (Sonoma) and we will go aroun the lake
> 2 - 3 times. He is much more alert and excited versus going around the
> 40 acre ranch even twice.

We do loops all the time. I vary the loops, and combine them for more
distance. As far as this whole loop argument goes: Can you people who
go 75-100 miles, seriously do this without looping???

> I don't know if a horse thinks beyond the
> now enough to realize he would be going 10 miles the same way he was
> just on....

They absolutely can!! My mare knows the trails that we ride on VERY
well. I can't imagine that she wouldn't recognize a repeated trail
on a ride.

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