Re: Liberty Run with the kid: Part DONE

["LOUISE D BURTON" <FIREDANCEFARMS@prodigy.net>]

Well, there is an awful lot here I could comment on but will not....
Except juniors and pulling.
I have two juniors.  My son's first pull was THE TEVIS!  After 1500 miles.
My daughter's pull was her FIRST 100, at 85 miles!

And let me tell ya, they learned more on those pulls than all the other
rides put together!  It changed both of them completely.  My son grew up
five years after that ride...knows a thing or two about consequences now.
My daughter learned "slow time is better than no time" (My motto :>)...in
fact at the last ride the well known first place runner asked her to ride
with her...she declined, telling me "she didn't think Stormy was ready".
Amazing thing to say, if you know how competitive Amber is!

BTW, I think it is VERY important that juniors, from the beginning, take
care of their own horses, including the vet check, at all rides.  You do
them no favor by doing it for them.  They need  learn all aspects of the
ride.

I also think juniors don't think it is such a big deal to be pulled as we
do!

Louise Burton
Firedance Farms Endurance Arabians
Oklahoma
http://pages.prodigy.net/firedancefarms


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