Re: RC: Thoughts on Nat Champs & ROC

["Nancy Mitts" <mitts_n@hotmail.com>]

Maybe "bank account contest" would be a better term? 2000-3000 miles IS a 
long way to trailer for one race. But how many miles of trailering does it 
take to RIDE the 2000 miles it might take to win an overall point 
championship? Not to mention all the entry fees. True, there would still be 
several people every year vying for the top honor. But with the new format, 
even with higher qualification standards, larger numbers of the membership 
could afford to compete. Once you knew where the ride was you could pretty 
well budget the entire cost well in advance.
Of course, the high point system wouldn't cost anything extra for AERC to 
administer, the only cost would be the award itself.

Nancy Mitts

>From: Merryben@aol.com
>To: <rides2far@juno.com>
>CC: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
>Subject: RC:   Thoughts on Nat Champs & ROC
>Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 17:42:09 EST
>
>Was the original "Trailer Race" better?  Well...if you live in a part of
>the country where you can do a race every weekend of the year I guess it
>was...but it still didn't prove they were the "Best endurance horse in
>the country".
>
>But it did a lot better job of it, in my opinion.  I can remember the names 
>of 6-8 national champions in the 80's.  Becky Hart, Darolyn, Elwin Wines, 
>Hanne Hollander, Tracy Slater, Brenda Reudy, Marny Nance, and a bunch.  I 
>have to admit I cannot name one national champion this year.  And I have 
>never understood the term trailer race.  Is it not better than having to 
>trailer 2-3,000 miles to go to one race?  I don't know but it is a never 
>ending debate.  I know that I for one and a lot of people I have talked to 
>would like it to go back to the old system.  Doubt that it would happen 
>though.......maryben
>
>
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