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- From: deblev@nimoy.ipac.caltech.edu (Debbie Levine)
- Newsgroups: rec.equestrian
- Subject: Re: XC Schooling Safety Question
- Date: 19 Nov 1992 01:22:21 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology
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- In article <1992Nov18.220945.373@nb.rockwell.com> reichard@nb.rockwell.com (Diane Reichard) writes:
- >Was this [cross-country schooling I described earlier] at Foxfield?
-
- Yep! We've been importing Mark Watring twice a week from Foxfield to
- our barn at North Middle Ranch in Lakeview Terrace.
-
- >I don't have much experience with eventers--and my current horse is a jumper,
- >but...I know that my horse doesn't like to hit fences and is naturally careful
- >[...]
-
- Well, some horses are naturally careful and some aren't. Obviously, we
- school stadium over colored poles, and the horses all know the difference
- between cross-country and stadium (I rather wonder what the DiGrazia's
- horses thought of the Foxfield Derby). The horse in question hit the
- fence more than once, and she's a reasonably athletic critter. Since
- the telephone poles aren't in cups, I'm not sure it takes THAT much to
- roll one off, though it certainly should be somewhat more daunting
- than a show jump! And, she was probably heavily booted for
- protection.
-
- With a horse that isn't highly sensitive to rubs, I guess I just feel
- safer thinking that they know the difference between a solid fence
- and a knockdown fence. But maybe that's just an illusion.
-
- Debbie
- deblev@ipac.caltech.edu
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