Re: Re: NC AND WEIGHT -- other side of coin

["Barbara McCrary" <bigcreekranch@cruzio.com>]

I received a long green bungee cord for a LD completion award from
Quicksilver ride.  It is one of my favorite "tools" and a source of pride in
my then 6-year old gelding who was doing his first competition.  I use this
cord to secure a load of hay in the cart while wheeling it around to feed
all the horses.  Awards are not the reason for doing LD, but that small
award is a great satisfaction to me.

Barbara

----- Original Message -----
From: "Maggie Mieske" <mmieske@netonecom.net>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 1:35 PM
Subject: RC: Re: NC AND WEIGHT -- other side of coin


> I have never seen veteran riders ride in an LD for the sake of having a
> better chance at winning a great prize.  Some/most LD rides don't give
> anything better and usually less than the 50s or 100s.  The veteran riders
I
> see riding LD are doing it for one of the following reasons:
> 1) FUN
> 2) starting a young horse
> 3) recuperating a horse coming back from an injury or illness
> 4) recuperating themselves coming back from an injury or illness
> 5) MORE FUN
> And, yes there are always a few newbies trying out the sport at LDs but I
> think there are also more and more veteran riders doing it for fun and to
> stay involved because maybe they just can't quite go 50 anymore.  Most of
> the time, we don't even know what the "prize" or award is, just if they
will
> or will not be judging BC (and for me, even BC on a 25 miler is a "prize"
in
> and of itself regardless if I get a ribbon or a mug or a throw blanket or
> nothing....I have that pink piece of paper!).
> Maggie
>
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