Re: RC: Riding in the dark? (from a real blonde)

[Nancy DuPont <Htrails@Earthlink.net>]

You have heard by now from everyone that horses see pretty well in the dark.
Everytime I ride in the dark, however, my horse has a pretty good homing
instinct.  Goes home faster at night than in the daytime!!

At 10:28 PM 10/6/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Patty Jackson jbco@jps.net
>This is my first season training for endurance (limited distance)
>and I'm just wondering how anyone who works full-time trains 
>during the week in the winter with the shorter day light hours.
>Recently I switched from part-time and having plenty of time
>to ride during the week, to full-time and having to quickly stuff
>my horse in the trailer and speed off to the nearest trail.
>Nearest trail being a 50 minute drive.  
>
>I just returned from a totally crummy ride in the dark.  I had
>to finish the last 3 miles depending on my horses eyes to make
>it back.  No, I did not think to take a flashlight. (blonde)
>My horse was VERY unhappy that I had her out past dark.
>
>Am I the only one goofey enough to go out in the woods in the
>dark to ride?  Or do most of you call it quits in the winter, or
>stick to lighted arenas?  Wish there were lights on the trails!
>
>Patty Jackson and Mia Rabbia
>(blonde human and red headed horse)
>
>
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