Mounted search and rescue

[Cindi Rothrock <gottahorse@yahoo.com>]

    Douglas County, IL SAR (GSAR & MSAR) is hosting a Search Managers' Class. 
Presenter is Patrick Keane. It will be held Jan. 21 & 22, 2006 at Tuscola, 
IL. For more information, please e-mail Cindi at gottahorse@yahoo.com . I 
will send you an e-mail with a pdf. attachment. Please state "Search 
Managers' Class" in the subject line. Thank you.



Cindi (gottahorse@yahoo.com OR aceliberty@hotmail.com OR 
cindi@trailridingarabians.com)


                        
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Subject: [MSAR] MSAR "equipment" costs
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I've been curious for a while about some of the other MSAR rider's equipment, 
thanks for sharing.  Since I've moved to Maine, I've seen that the average 
price for boarding is about $ 300 and up per horse. Fortunately, Ive been 
able to find a barn where I can trade work for those services, as with 2 
horses it would quickly become prohibitively expensive for me. I 've been 
around horses for about 22 years, and worked on a few " dude ranches " over 
the years. If it weren't for caring for them myself, I don't think I could 
afford to keep more than one. Both of my geldings are grade horses, general 
purpose mutts 15 hh and 16 hh respectively.
     As for gear, both are in hackamores. One is mechanical, the other is an 
8 plait braided rawhide bosal. He also gets a 22 ' braided horsehair mecate 
rein as well. When I work him down to a bosalito, the other gets this bosal 
and gets rid of the mechanical hackamore.  One rides with a roper saddle, and 
the other has a reproduction 1/2 seat Hope saddle with cut down skirts. It 
weighs in around 25 pounds or so, minus the saddlebags and canteens. With a 
breast collar, I find that I can still drag things with a rope dallied around 
the horn with the lighter saddle, as long as I keep my butt in the seat to 
hold the saddle down. 
   
                                                                         Jim