RE: [RC] who is captain of the ship - McGann, Barb
Jeanie,
I started to frame a reply, but then Nancy
Mitts email hit ridecamp and I think she expresses it well:
"As long as speed is in the BC equation
there is incentive to go faster than
everyone else. If there is no speed in the equation then it's really just a
horse show, the vet gets to judge who they think should win. 9 times out of
ten it's going to go to the horse with their head and tail up prancing over
the laid back horse with level head carriage and no flambouyance."
I came to endurance to escape the show world
and the "judging" world. I want the clock and myself to be the
judge!
Barb McGann
-----Original Message----- From: Jeannie Gillen
[mailto:jeanniegillen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003
9:06 AM To: Bob Morris; Barbara McCrary; McGann, Barb;
ridecamp Subject: Re: [RC] who is captain of the
ship
Again.....if "To Finish is to Win"...why don't we just
award "Best Conditions" ...say 3-5 in every class....thereby creating a
best condition goal for participants ...
Sure AERC (or someone) may have to come
up with a new mix of factors for the BC awards, that might include time and
speed..but it seems to me that it would change the focus back toward the
original intent of the sport.
