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Re: [RC] [RC] Education - Nancy MittsHeidi makes a good point.The people who attend clinics and pre-ride talks are the cautious ones least likely to get their horses in trouble. The ones who want to jump right in and win aren't about to listen to their competition. I don't have any idea's on how to deal with that kind.A lady called me the other day wanting information about endurance. I didn't get very far before she asked how much prize money there was. I told her there was none, just token prizes. She kept asking questions about money, so I'm guessing she'd heard the about money in the IAHA races. I finally had to admit that there was some, but for the most part cash prizes were discouraged because it encouraged people to get into the sport who were willing to risk running their horses to death, and our organization was working hard to prevent that. The conversation ended soon after that. She didn't seem a bit interested in attending a ride just to learn what it was all about, just where to go to win money. I know our sport has tip-toed around the issue of horse deaths. Partly, I believe, to stay under the radar of animal rights extremists. Perhaps all we can do is bluntly tell folks. "Your horse can die doing this, and if you don't take care to try to prevent it we will ban you from riding our rides." And, the last few protests show that we are beginning to stand up and take steps to do just that. We really can't force people to care about their animals, all we can do is try to keep them out of our rides. Nancy Mitts From: "Heidi Smith" <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>And again, I'll remind all that I specifically asked how we educate "people like her." Those who take the trouble to look for the resources are easy. It is the other kind we need to address.
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