riding just before a competition

["CASEBEER" <casbeer@molalla.net>]

Hi all, I'm fairly new at all this, it's my first year doing 50's.  
My mentors (riding buddies with years of experience) do not ride 
their horses for a week before a competition, but do warm them up 
before the ride.  Then I see about half the competitors riding on 
Friday night, some of them for quite a while.
I normally lead my horse around for about 1/2 hour to stretch her 
legs, eat grass, etc.  We travel about 3 hours to get to most rides, 
and she has a 20x20 pen to move around in all night.  
Pro's, con's, advice on this would be great!

Brenda
NW
Angie (with 2 50's behind her!)


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