Re: Re: Fw: RC: endurance prospect, etc.

["Joan Ruprecht" <ruprecht@tidepool.com>]

THANK YOU Maryben and Heide

That was so well said, and exactly my point also.
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From: <CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com>
To: <Merryben@aol.com>; <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2000 6:35 PM
Subject: RC: Re: Fw: RC: endurance prospect, etc.


> In a message dated 2/6/00 5:40:59 PM Pacific Standard Time,
Merryben@aol.com
> writes:
>
> << I find this hard to believe.  I have never won a race.  I have won 4
BC's.
>  I
>  will probably never win a race.  I have over 8,000 miles, some in the top
> ten
>  and most not in the top ten.  You are certainly entitled to your opinion
but
>  I find them condescending and sounding a little like sour grapes.  I
crewed
>  for a friend for many years who has won over 100 races, including world
>  championship rides and heard many complaints like yours.  Well, the horse
is
>  now 22 and has cleaner legs than a lot of the horses out there.  I have
seen
>  his x-rays.  Of course, that is only my opinion which I am also entitled
to.
>   >>
>
> Another good point of note here, too, is that the horse in question is a
> household word, not because he won A RACE, but because he was able to run
at
> the peak of the sport for MANY years and for MANY miles.  Those who can do
so
> are the EXTRA special winners.  But if you stop to think about it, even
the
> high mileage horses who DON'T win are household words in this sport, but
the
> ones who win a few races and disappear are not.  If you can combine
winning
> and a long career, more power to you!  But most endurance riders still
value
> the long career over the short burst of glory.  There is nothing more
> gratifying to many of us than an old, high-mileage horse who is still
sound
> and clean-legged.  That is a huge form of winning in its own right.
>
> Heidi
>
>
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