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    [RC] [Guest] WEC Finish - John A. Teeter


    Cecily Westervelt saddlesoar@xxxxxxxxx
    
    Yup, this win came really easily for Sheik Mohammed bin Raschid Al Maktoum.
    I don't know much but I think he's spent about six years, millions of
    dollars, bought and/or leased hundreds of horses, probably looked at
    hundreds more, hired dozens of trainers, paid for lots and lots of people to
    ride and care for the creatures, written checks some really big vet, feed
    and tack bills,  orchestrated the whole operation and had his own butt and
    the butts of his teenage children in the saddle for quite a number miles.
    
    Like I said, I don't know much. I only have 100 endurance miles behind me
    myself.  What I see in this victory is that there is no easy way to win any
    100 mile ride, least of all the World Championship.  Adding to the
    diffculty, is when that championship goes off in what sounds like hellish
    weather.
    
    I congratulate Sheik Mohammed.  He must have been very proud the moment  his
    son (the name is right to be his son) crossed the finish line. Were a member
    of my family standing under that banner, I'd shed tears.  Maybe the Sheik
    hasn't endured in this sport the way most of have, will or hope to but in my
    opinion this man has shown real persistance.
    
    To those who are angry about it, hey the sport isn't what it was 10 years
    ago.  But 10 years ago it wasn't what it was 20 years ago either. Times
    change.
    
    Mabrouk Sheik Mohammed and keep going all you USA and Canada riders still
    in, we're proud of you too.
    
    Cecily
    
    (In comment to "easier to win when someone else has taken said top quality
    horse and laready put the work into the horse and PROVEN that said horse is
    worth the final development. )
    
    
    
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