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- From: reichard@nb.rockwell.com (Diane Reichard)
- Subject: Re: XC Schooling Safety Question
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.235301.8720@nb.rockwell.com>
- Sender: reichard@nb.rockwell.com (Diane Reichard)
- Organization: Rockwell International
- References: <1992Nov17.232123.24393@netcom.com> <1ecb04INNpv8@gap.caltech.edu> <1992Nov18.220945.373@nb.rockwell.com> <1eeq8dINNh9q@gap.caltech.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 23:53:01 GMT
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- In article <1eeq8dINNh9q@gap.caltech.edu>, deblev@nimoy.ipac.caltech.edu (Debbie Levine) writes:> In article <1992Nov18.220945.373@nb.rockwell.com> reichard@nb.rockwell.com (Diane Reichard) writes:
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- > Well, some horses are naturally careful and some aren't.
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- This is true among jumpers, too. But usually the way you get them to be
- more careful if they're inclined to be insensitive is to let them take
- a good rap from a heavier pole or plank.... This evidently didn't work for
- the horse you mentionned since you said she hit it a few times. I'm not
- sure that you'd want to use much less leg protection over x-c obstacles--
- maybe open-front boots? I'm not even sure open fronts are a good idea for
- xc.
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- > 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.
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- That makes sense--but brings up a couple questions... I can see where the
- horse would quickly learn the difference between xc fences that are solid
- and the stadium jumps which can be knocked down. How do you keep your horses
- careful for stadium if they learn that these can be knocked down (assuming
- we're talking about a horse that doesn't mind rubbing the occasional rail)?
- Why don't the same techniques work for keeping the horse careful on xc? --
- I do understand the pace is substantially faster, but it is still a jump.
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- I've heard that it can be dangerous for the fence to come apart with the
- horse going at a faster pace, (at least that's one reasoning I've heard
- for the fences being solid and secure) but I would think it would be equally dangerous for the horse to get hung up in a fence that didn't come apart.
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- Diane R.
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