[Sportsandrec] {Spam?} RE: {Spam?} Horseback riding

Tue Sep 6 18:30:13 UTC 2016

Judy 
I don't recognize  the word 
Gymkhanas 
Is that a misspelling of something  or is that a not well known activity. 
 Sorry not being sarcastic just not sure what you ment. 
Robertg  

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Judy Jones via SportsandRec
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My uncle wanted me to participate in gymkhanas in high school, but I was in
cheer leading and other activities so did not do it, but know I would have
enjoyed it.

Judy

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Good morning everyone,

     This thread is reminding me of my summer camp days at Harkness Memorial
State Park in Connecticut. One of our activities was horse back riding.
There were two ladies who taught horse back riding to all of the campers.
Camp Harkness was a camp for individuals with disabilities. One unique
feature of this camp is that different agencies and organizations operated
camps for those with various disabilities. At the time the Oak Hill School
for the Blind now the Connecticut Institute for the Blind Oak Hill operated
and I'm pleased to say still operates a camp for blind children and adults
at Camp Harkness.

     A unique feature of Camp Harkness is that campers could participate in
activities their disability would permit. They weren't lumped together in a
cross-disability situation that gave some campers wonderful activities to
participate in such as horse back riding. 
Because different entities operated the various disability camps everyone
that attended Camp Harkness could engage in disability-specific activities.
Some activities were enjoyed by those with a particular disability but there
were intercamp activities such as swimming that all campers enjoyed.

     We had four horses one of which was ridden by the lead instructor and
the others were ridden by another instructor or three campers at a time one
camper for horse. In the beginning we rode tethered to the instructor's
horse until we learned the routes we would ride but eventually we free road.
It was exciting riding across the Harkness Estate with an instructor leading
the caravan of riders usually the instructor with three campers on horse
back following behind. And we didn't just walk. Sometimes we trotted,
cantered, and gallopped even jumping over fences. We did the same thing
using a saddle and bridle and at other times we rode bare-back even in a
trot. We rode both English and Western Pleasure.

      I'm guessing that the horses were American Quarter Horses. They were
all geldings. During my first year at Camp Harkness we had four horses named
Beavor who was always ridden by the lead instructor, Fritz, Red, and Star.
Red was replaced by Cadet in 1971. I'm not sure why Red was retired. He was
very small and they probably wanted a larger horse that could carry heavier
campers like myself.

     Let's not forget that blind persons have participated in advanced
equestrian activities such as Dressage. When you take the limits off of
blindness many things are possible including participating in equestrian
activities.

Peter Donahue

Naima Leigh via SportsandRec wrote:
> Hi Robert
>
> I'm the same way. I want to ride like the sighted people, riding free 
> with the wind blowing through their hair.
>
> I once red of a hand held device that blind people could use to now 
> where they are going. It had a tone for directing the horse. Have you 
> heard of that.
>
> Naima
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SportsandRec [mailto:sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
> Of Robert Moore via SportsandRec
> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2016 10:10 AM
> To: 'Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List'
> Cc: Robert Moore
> Subject: [Sportsandrec] {Spam?} Horseback riding
>
> I rode horses a little bit when I was younger  but since about mid 
> seventys I have only bin  on a horses back twice. Once  was in a round 
> pen for about an hour. The other time was also in a round pen and the 
> horse was led by its owner. That was OK but not really my idea of 
> horseback riding. I have been really wanting to get out and do some 
> riding like a trail ride. I can not seem to find anyone around here to 
> take me out riding. All of the pay to ride setups are too far away and too
expensive.
>
>   
>
> I have a cousin in law that has horses but will not let me ride 
> because I am blind. Go figure. Who knows what gets in some otherwise 
> very intelagent peoples head and it can not be rooted out. I have 
> never argued the point with him simply because they are his horses and 
> he has every right to allow or not allow any one to ride them for any
reason or for no reason at all.
> Anyhow I think riding horses is a great activity for the blind as well 
> as the sighted.
>
> Robert
>
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