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To: Beaker
...At the end of our ride I decided to let him and we were outta there! I thought "This is it! I'm done!" but I manged to get him back down...

LOL!! That's a LOTTA horse to let get a head of steam, especially in English tack! Back in Tennessee's younger days I used to race with him a little bit and every time I did it I saw my life flash before my eyes. I can remember thinking, "Dang, if I hit the ground from this height at this speed, I'm dead meat!". I actually did one time too and was just lucky that I landed in a fairly deep creek instead of on the gravel road. I got wet and muddy and had a few cuts and scrapes, but I lived and got a really funny story to tell to boot. So I guess that's part of living.

2,137 posted on 10/08/2007 7:33:12 AM PDT by FrogInABlender (Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive.)
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To: FrogInABlender
That's a LOTTA horse to let get a head of steam, especially in English tack!

It is! And I didn't really realize it until then. My brain was going: "Abort! Abort!" :-D How big is Tennessee?
2,143 posted on 10/08/2007 8:52:03 AM PDT by Beaker (Don't Panic)
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