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    RE: [RC] Malibu Ride - Alison Farrin


    This would be the same woman who was so far in front of her juniors a couple years ago that she didn't see two of them trot their horses across the one marked slippery spot on the pavement that we had been expressly warned about at the ride meeting the night before.  Both horses slipped badly, one sat down on his butt.  The juniors seemed to think it was funny.  They took this opportunity to pass us at speed - i.e. they were trotting downhill on slick asphalt road where we had been warned to walk.  They did not ask permission to pass, the whole group just went right by.  If I had the presence of mind to remember numbers, I would have filed a protest myself.  But I was more concerned with getting MY junior safely through the ride.  BTW, my junior thought their behavior totally inappropriate and said so.  This was a 14yo guy dissing several 15-16 yo girls.  Not gonna happen unless he was really p.o.'d.
     
    As Merryben says, teaching juniors to "Win" LD is not the point.  Teaching them some proper trail manners is.
     
    Its not personal - I don't know her from Adam.  But she gives the rest of us a bad name.
     

    Alison A. Farrin
    Innovative Pension
    Innovative Retirement Services
    858-748-6500 x 107
    alison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    -----Original Message-----
    From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Merryben@xxxxxxx
    Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 8:18 PM
    To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Subject: Re: [RC] Malibu Ride

    In a message dated 6/19/2002 5:16:29 PM Central Daylight Time, guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:


    So much time and energy is wasted on what seems to be a personal vendetta against someone who regularly wins and has horses that are fit enough to go at a fast pace and pass vet checks with ease.


    She lost a protest last year and I may get flamed big time for this but teaching juniors to "WIN" is not the best idea in the world.   Besides, I though this was only limited distance.  What is there to "WIN"?????