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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 08:34:58 -0700
From: Tommy Crockett <tomydore@GOBLIN.PUNK.NET>
To: Multiple recipients of list EQUINE-L <EQUINE-L@PSUVM.PSU.EDU>
Subject: The Rebel Prince-At Haloween Horror
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Poster: Tommy Crockett <tomydore@GOBLIN.PUNK.NET>
Subject: The Rebel Prince-At Haloween Horror
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Hello Gang,
First of all I got to meet Jim Mitchell and Colleen Carlton. I love
electronic media!!!! Great folks.
I guess I stayed no-mail longer then I expected after the first return
engagement of The Rebel Prince to the endurance trails. I was a bit
skeptical as to how his oft injured leg would hold out. Two consecutive
suspensory pulls often spell disaster for the rest of one's career. Also
admittedly his training regimen of arena work daily doesn't really mount
up to the same intensity of endurance training. Still I've always heard
that regaining stamina is easier then first training it. Even in middle
aged horses. Anyway instead of jumping back into the pot I just booked
two days of 25s. Training rides.
The first day I held him back and he finished about 20th out of 44 with
5 pulls. The second day I let him loose on the first 15 miles that
included a nice 5 mile uphill section to begin the festivites. I let him
find his own pace. He decided that keeping up with Rushcreek Rawhide was
a good idea. NOT! Anyway I slowed him down the last couple of miles and
held him back an extra 20 minutes at the 20 minute 15 mile vet check. We
pretty much took it real easy the last 10 miles and finished 2nd. I know
we aren't keeping score in training rides, but it's a decent indicator of
one's horse comparing him with the others. He was a might tuckered I must
say, but nothing terrible. He ate and drank fine, but scored 3's on his
gut sounds at the post ride. We weren't even in the running for best
conditioned.
So with some training we'll be ready again for 50's come ridgecrest and
cozo. We'll probably be at Sunland too. That'll be our last 30 hopefully.
Once used to real rides training/limited distance rides are a walk in the
park and get over with way too soon. Rebel just couldn't believe we
stopped at lunch break and kept whinning as his old pals kept leaving
camp on their second loops. This is a little of a strange ride in that
the 50s and 25s leave together and the 25s just stop at 25. The 50s cover
the same ground on their first loops.
The really good news is that he got top of the card marks on gait EVERY
vet check. YEAH!!!!! I think The Rebel Prince has finally overcome his
suspensory problems. All it took was a year turned out doing nothing.
Tincture of time, tincture of time.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tommy Crockett~Los Osos, California USA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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