Fw: Posse Ride Ruling

["superpat" <superpat@gateway.net>]

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----- Original Message -----
From: superpat <superpat@gateway.net>
To: <guest@endurance.net>
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: Posse Ride Ruling


I agree wholeheartedly and wish to be counted as
> one who is very disappointed in the decision made by AERC. I cannot find
any
> reason to not bring the harshest penalties on the two riders. A life was
> very nearly taken, could well have been. If the reports are correct, the
> behavior of the riders even after the incident is reprehensible. What was
> the decision making body thinking when they made their ruling?????
> Pat Super
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <guest@endurance.net>
> To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 12:43 AM
> Subject: RC: Posse Ride Ruling
>
>
> > Sonya Williams tglnwms@worldnet.att.net
> > It seems that the ruling made by AERC did not consider the whole
picture.
> Two riders created a nightmare.  Since the ruling is in favor of such poor
> examples of our sport, endurance and limited distance riders will lose a
> ride and ride managers.  Therefore in the future trails that are open to
> horses currently may be lost in the process because of the AERC ruling
> supporting the riders and not the management or other riders at the event.
> Endurance rule 3.3 disqualified the two riders without question despite
the
> ability to appeal.  Wipe hands clean of the situation and no one else will
> take up the potential of becoming a rider manager.  No support when push
> comes to shove.  And the ones who have stuck it out every year, despite
> fussy people (including moi), may very well decide it ain't worth it!  Who
> can blame them.  So later, can we beat and electrocute our horse for
> insurance money and still ride that day despite what the vet says?  It's
the
> same thing?  Go figure.  I hope!
> >  the ruling changes and I'm a rider, not a manager.
> >
> >  I'll probably never go to that ride but this ruling affects every
> endurance rider, limited distance rider and ride manager.  It affects
AERC.
> Winning is good but not at the risk of that man's life and health.  To not
> care what happened to that man...it's an embarassment to the sport of
> endurance.  I reckon I could go on forever about the disgust I feel
towards
> the two riders taht they could go on without realizing what they have done
> to fellow riders and the sport of endurance.  It ain't a pretty picture
> folks.
> >
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