Re: Nationals Qualifications

["Howard Bramhall" <hwb67@msn.com>]

----- Original Message -----

From: Truman Prevatt

Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 11:03 AM

To: Nancy Mitts

Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net; slatters@bigfoot.com

Subject: RC: Nationals Qualifications

 

According to the online database if the 500 mile rider/horse combination had
been in effect ( for a NC ride back in '98 )Valerie Kanavy and Jedi would not
have been qualified to ride the NC but did go and win the WEC.

We do need to be a bit careful, IMO, about these criteria to determine the
unintended consequences of any standard put into effect.

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I think the mileage combo is a big mistake.  Geezz, what if you actually were rich (imagine that, a rich endurance rider), and had tons of horses.  More than one fit for Nationals.  But then, you can't enter some of your horses because you don't have the 500 lifetime miles (horse/rider combo).  That would suck.  It's a rule that needs to be amended or voted on.  By the membership, not the Board. 

Some horses only have one or two great years in their career.  It would be a shame, if it came to them early in life, not to allow them at Nationals because of this restriction.  I have no problem with this number for the rider, or even the horse, separately; but to make it a combination of the two is restricting the field of play and missing out on some exceptional competitors.  Sometimes a "flash in the pan" actually deserves to win.

 

cya,

Howard