Meg Alfoni wrote in a message to Vicki Nichols:
VN :>     Well, I am ASSUMING you need to bring a horse, BUT
VN :>they'd be dumb to not hook up with a local stable for
VN :>horseless people.  I WILL check into it!  But if you do
VN :>come, I would be GLAD to let him take Spot.  I don't think
VN :>JD will wanna come, Dean'll want Dub as it was Dub's job
VN :>when I got him, and I know that Lori'll let us use her good
VN :>gymkhana horse or her bombproof AQHA gelding, whichever you
VN :>want.   Or Casey - do you have roller skates?
MA> His eyes lit up....don't get too excited, but @e're
MA> thinking......
     Lori can't go but she offered her good gymkhana horse, Otis, who has 
some dressage training, and Jet, her AQHA gelding.  I have seen both horses 
on the trail and used for team penning, and while I feel that Otis has some 
stiffness from years of gymkhana (and he ALWAYS wins money at it) both would 
be suitable for the ride.
     In my country, it is bad etiquette to run the fat off another man's 
cattle
- generally, on a cattle drive, you just ride alongside them at a walk and 
occasionally go after strays.  It'll be like a trail ride with cattle.  But 
it is an AWESOME opportunity to go on a REAL cattle drive on a REAL ranch, 
not a fake one set up for dudes and dudettes.
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