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ShowGaitFarm wrote:

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John
I think you have an interest in speed rackers?

Have you heard of a horse called EZD's Falcon Rowdy? or a guy with one arm named Johnny Demetris?

Yep. I have seen that video on You tube. Isn't that horse dead? The video was made in the 70's wasn't it?
If I have to watch a gaited, rail class show, then speed racking is the class I'd like to see!
John

I forgot to post this earleir, but we have been going through some trying times with NRHA. ( Y'all think the SSHBEA BOD is bad because they don't want their members to post on Flint Creek? They aren't sh&% compared to the yahoos at NRHA!)

Anyway, at a National Racking show in Celevland weee before last, I got a chance to talk with Donald Reece, the owner of the SSH Jake, a multi- WGC speed racker, about the "Race of Champions" thing we had been trying to get up. Donald's 75th birthday was that day! He had elected to celebrate it by brining Jake out and smokin the other entries! I sure hope I can even ride a horse at 75!
I told Mr Reece about rhe proposed "Race of Champions" and his eyes lit up when I told him it would be videod and judged for a rack instead of a pace. But, he told me if it was 10 years ago ( when he was a mere lad of 65 ? ) he might be interested, but that he and Jake were both getting a little late in years. He said Jake wasn't in shape, and that he would have to ride him a lot, of course, to get him in shape, so he guesed he'd jsut pass on this race.

But, I was telling him about the race would have been with the RHBAA and the United and the SSHBEA speed champions, and I was telling him a little bit about SSHBEA, and about Gaitway and Amy. He said he would like to take Jake to Shelbyville this fall!

Jake is registered TWHBEA and is 13 years old, so I assume he can get his SSHBEA papers?

I will talk to Mr Reece some more later on this summer, and I will tel him I will help him in any way I can, to get Jake and himself up to Shelbyville this fall.
Reckon they will still have the speed class?
John

stalkingwolf1963 wrote:

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John,
I think you should be complimented, that is what we have all been flapping our gums about: actually doing something to help, in a positive way, instead of in a negative way.
I saw Mr. Reece & Jake last year at a NRHA show, and they were really good.
John, I have always agreed with you about trainers should not be judges, and trainers/judges shouldn't be DQP's.
I also have also agreed with you about ALL associations should have Judges that actually judge for the CORRECT gait & knee level/way of going. I, personally, think that a Speed Racker should RACK, not trot, pace, or run at any time, period. I believe that if a horse is in the speed racking class, and it performs a gait OTHER than a rack, it should be excused, or at the very least, it should not be tied.

Thank you , not-Paula ( I decided to call y'all Paula and Not-Paula ) I hope they do have that speed class in the fall show this year, and that Jake and Mr Reece get to come. I will sure be there! Won't that be exciting to see him and last year's champ in the ring? Now, soemone needs to tell the SSHBEA judges, ( If they have not been to a lot of racking shows with speed classes) that you work the horses both ways, bring them into the lineup, walk around and look them over until you see they have their breath back, then call for a workout with the favorite two!

Speed racking is always fun to watch, but the speedsters being spotted jsut makes it that much more exciting, don't you agree?
John