CTR rides not the same everywhere

[Deanna German <dgerman@earthlink.net>]

Hey, let's not confuse poor Sandy. All CTR is not NATRC. Isn't Florida
covered by ECTRA? Or do they have their own assoc. like Ohio does? I
know that ECTRA's rules are very different from NATRC's. I haven't
memorized AHAO's, but they seem to follow the IAHA National ride rules a
great deal.

Lots of riders here in Ohio do both endurance and CTR (or maybe LD and
CTR). In CTR, you can't get off your horse unless you stop your forward
progress and you must complete the ride within a specified bracket of
time. There is a rule that no ride can be paced at more than 7.0 miles
per hour, but I don't see any tack rules. No judges hiding in the bushes
either! The horse is the only creature being judged and all horses are
judged on condition. Lack of good recoveries amount to a significant
deduction, which is a good way to learn how to take care of the horse
over a distance. (I'm learning, I'm learning!!!)

There's other rules about what you can and can't use on your horse (no
ice is one), but I won't bore you all with those details.

So, maybe you would like doing CTR, just not NATRC CTR. C'mon up to
Ohio!

Deanna


April wrote:
> I'm new to endurance riding, but I'll say I will probably not do a CTR

>ride.  (Never say never).  For one thing, I ride bareback and many CTRs

>won't allow me to ride bareback.  Second, you get judged in CTRs.  I
don't
>like that.  I'd rather get from point A to point B with a healthy horse
and
>who cares if I can make him back up between two trees?  (We CAN, but
that's
>not that point here!  :)  ).

>Third, a good place to start is LD (limited distance) rides.  Defined
by
>AERC as "at least 25 miles but must not exceed 35 miles" (so that 5
mile LD
>is out, right guys???  :)  LOL).  They're held on the same day and from
the
>same base camp as endurance rides (over 50 miles).

>Check out www.aerc.org if you haven't already.


>----- Original Message -----
>From: <SANDYSROB@aol.com>

>I'm new to the list and boy what a trip you've given me so far,
especially
>reading about the OD ride, I'm from Virginia, great stuff.  OK about
the
>horse, I live in Florida and would like to get started in CTR thats
where
>you
>start right?  Well the three horses I have are not suited for this type





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