Re: Re: Qualifications for Nationals/How about 500 LIFETIME MILES

["John Bass" <jbass@beattynv.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Tami Lange <tamitl67@yahoo.com>
To: Heidi Smith <heidi@sagehillcmk.com>
Cc: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 8:08 AM
Subject: RC: Re: Qualifications for Nationals/How about 500 LIFETIME MILES


>   I do not want
> to see a US Nationals with only 40 US representatives
> (that elite of a group should be at Pan Am or World).
>
> Tami Lange


Why not? That is exactly what a National Championship should be. The top
horses & riders competing at the 100 mile distance.


John











> > members
> > > to this event.
> >
> > Keep in mind that in years past, in order to be an
> > AERC NATIONAL CHAMPION,
> > you had to ride a season that in itself was
> > generally somewhere between 1000
> > and 2000 miles.  Less that 2 decades ago, I was in
> > the AERC Top 25, with a
> > season over 1000 miles, of which all but one ride
> > were Top Tens.  And one
> > reason that I don't participate in the so-called
> > "National Championship"
> > system (indeed, one reason why I no longer ride at
> > the level I used to,
> > because the old points system was what actually had
> > meaning for me) is that
> > the winner of a single ride simply does not
> > represent to me a true
> > "Champion" of this sport, the way folks like Becky
> > Hart, Marney Nance, Hanne
> > Hollander, Dayton Osborne, Trilby Pedersen, Brenda
> > Reudy <sp>, and a bunch
> > of other past AERC NATIONAL CHAMPIONS did.  In a
> > sport where champions of
> > yesteryear had to ride that far in a championship
> > season, why is it that now
> > folks who haven't even gone 500 miles yet are
> > complaining that they can't
> > "qualify" to be champions?  What is wrong with this
> > picture??  Boy howdy,
> > has this become a society of instant gratification,
> > or what?  I don't mean
> > to be condescending, Tami, but gee, take some time
> > to learn the ropes!
> >
> > Heidi
> >
>
>
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