Apprenticeship

["Linda S. Flemmer" <bluwolf@earthlink.net>]

How about experienced riders "adopting a NEWBIE" if a ride runs a loop
together.  Do some training rides together.  Speak at riding
clubs/scouts meetings/4H groups.

If we don't like seeing inexperienced riders running down their horses,
how about educating them in a non-threatening manner.  (mentoring)

We've brought quite a few folks into the sport this way - they're still
riding the same horses many years later, still enjoying their rides.

Linda Flemmer
Blue Wolf Ranch
Bruceton Mills, WV