Thoughts on Nat Champs & ROC

["Hickory Ridge Arabians" <hikryrdg@evansville.net>]

Roger,

I would like to add to your post, that the  AERC NATIONAL 
CHAMPIONSHIP, whether some people agree to this or not,
that is what it is called for now...THE AERC NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP this year was represented by 30 states, 2 Providences of 
Canada!!!

Next year is going to be even better!! 
Diane Fruth
AERC 2001 National Championship Chairman







On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Roger Rittenhouse wrote...

>
>    Well not while I am on the BOD ..
>
>    Trailer Race  - going to a ride every other week for the whole
>    season to gather up enough points to win the NC. The riders who
>    won back then were from ?? oh that's the WEST regions .. and all
>    'lighter weights'?? How many really from other regions ran all
>    over the country doing 100 milers? Most were  'local'?   Not
>    enough 100 milers back then nor now in some regaions.
>
>    The series races had riders going all over for the 2 races and
>    then the final race.
>
>    Lets see LAST year we had Jerry - you  know Fruth  overall if
>    that counted BUT was 1st HW
>
>    and last year there WERE quite a number of riders from the SE ..
>
>    This year they came from out West - but yes mostly from
>    SE/NE/CT/MW   .. and we had how many on both races? Quite a good
>    turn out.
>
>    Since we have weight divisions RACES .. there are 4  no 5 
National
>    Champions ... Works for me - at least till I see something better
>
>    Maybe if we made the qualifications harder   it may mean more  -
>    like the ROC .. let the ROC be the one overall super champion ..
>
>    For now I will stay with this one race takes it all - by division
>    format .
>
>    Roger R
>Thursday, November 01, 2001, 5:42:09 PM, you wrote:
>
>Mac> Was the original "Trailer Race" better?  Well...if you live in 
a part of
>Mac> the country where you can do a race every weekend of the year I 
guess it
>Mac> was...but it still didn't prove they were the "Best endurance 
horse in
>Mac> the country".  
>
>Mac> 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,
>Mac> 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
>Mac> 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
>Mac> would happen though.......maryben
>
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