It's actually not an article, but rather, a brief synopsis about a past
time, of which I am doing a series of "articles" on such things as reining,
barrel racing, calf roping, etc. The purpose of each synopsis is to
educate the reader, assumably someone new to horses (or Equine, if you want to
get technical) just enough that the reader will have a rough idea of what each
sport or past time is about. It is not to tell every rule in every rule
book on every sport. None of my pages are intended to promote any one
breed or discipline.
Actually, it's more "information" than it is "education", and I am
including a link on each page for a place where the reader can go, if
interested, to learn more (which will be a lot) about whatever discipline or
past time I am writing about. In this case, the link will be to Endurance
net.
Personally, I choose to include information about money specifically
because money as a reward is not the norm in Endurance. I was doing some
research on Reining and, maybe I'm dumb, but I cannot figure out why anyone
would want to spend tons of money on training their horse to go in perfect
circles, and then spend even more money on show attire, travel, and entry fees,
except for the money. One can answer the human call for competition in
other sports, so why would one choose Reining in particular? The NRHA
(National Reining Horse Association) seems to believe the big draw is money, as
purses and total earnings are prominantly displayed on their web site. And
I only use Reining as one example. Maybe they think the same thing about
us. Why would anyone want to spend tons of money on the right horse, the
right tack, the right water bottle, travel, and entry fees just so they can ride
down a trail and maybe get a T-shirt? What I am focusing on in my
comments regarding purses is what it is that motivates one to choose one
discipline or sport over another one. It's really no big deal, I just choose to
include it, and as the author, it is my perogative (no offense intended, merely
explaining myself).
Antoinette