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Re: [RC] Presidents Cup - press release Cynic warning - Howard BramhallThis is the kind of crap that angers me so much about the Foreign Endurance Idiots run by the Sultans of Swing. I, also, get the feeling that they don't care at all about the horse and that their intention is to win at any costs, with costs being the key word. Their idea of competing against the foreigners isn't to just beat them out there in the desert, it's to buy up the competition's horses to such an extent that there is no competition. The ironic thing is it is their methods and changes to true endurance that caused the problems in Spain, rebounds and filters over into what is going on over here. Now, we might be looking at some radical changes in our vet checks (like more of them) because of some over zealous competitive foreign endurance idiot riders who aren't just riding for the fame and glory, but, also, for the money. The entire situation sickens me. The only way for us to show our anger, displeasure and disagreement with all this is to remove ourselves from it completely. Be a part of the show and you're as much to blame as the Sultans of Swing themselves. How dare Mr. Benedetti say what he did in Paris as an American about our AERC rides when it's FEI where the real problems lie. That man does not speak for us and he should be removed as a spokesman for American endurance riders. We have nothing to apologize for. Hey there Mr. Benedetti: Riding for only T-Shirts is a GOOD THING, not a bad one. It's running for the money and changing long distance riding into a thoroughbred race track gallop that's causing the problems and creating the negative stigma that is now attached to endurance. It's trying to get this sport into the Olympics, no matter what the costs or danger to the horse that has put you in the situation you are now in. You idiots caused the problem and you idiots need to fix it. We're getting tired of paying for your mistakes. cya, Howard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maryanne Stroud Gabbani" <msgabbani@xxxxxxx> To: "Rides 2 Far" <rides2far@xxxxxxxx> Cc: <trails@xxxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 2:52 AM Subject: Re: [RC] Presidents Cup - press release Cynic warning As I have commented many times before to the consternation of some in the FEI and many who like UAE money, this is a pile of horse manure....no, horse manure is much, much cleaner. I've watched these guys up close and personal....and I speak Arabic, even though I don't look like I should. Don't kid yourselves. Love of a sport has nothing to do with 99% of what is going on. Love of self-aggrandizement has a whole lot. They could skip the race, the invitations, the parties, and all that.....just throw a ride for a bunch of cameras and give each other cups, for all the importance that the earlier steps have in the process. The trainers and vets may care about the horses and endurance, but the principals??? Hah! Been there and seen the tremendous bond between man and.....uh, who was that I was riding??? No, make it man and Grand Cherokee. And where the Arabic speaking comes in handy.....don't kid yourselves that they think the visitors are wonderful. The foreign competitors are simply a necessary evil and they have no respect for anyone. How can they when they actually publish this hoo-haaw and expect people to swallow it at face value? Anyone who believes these releases has watched too many trashy daytime TV shows. Maryanne Stroud Gabbani Cairo, Egypt www.ratbusters.net "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return." --Leonardo da Vinci On Tuesday, Feb 18, 2003, at 02:24 Africa/Cairo, Rides 2 Far wrote: at the site now with hisTevis/Haggin Cup winning horse. He will be riding in the race along >with a> few other American endurance riders and their horses. Yeah, I notice they invited some of our best mountain horses (winner of Tevis, OD, Vermont...) Sort of like inviting a NASCAR driver to bring his car that's set up for Darlington to race at Daytona...but then...Oh yeah...we expect our championship races to be over rugged terrain. Their whole news release just screams for a rebuttal. They so desperately want Endurance to be an Olympic sport, but they set that bid back 10 years with the disaster in Spain being sooo much in the spotlight. Great press...two horses dead and a 16 year old rides a horse he'd never been on to be proclaimed the "World Champion" So now how can we improve the image by offering all comers a chance at a $50,000 pot? I love the part in the release describing how dominant they are. My daughter was in here last night making a game out of checking the names of their winning horses, then finding them in an older issue ridden by Meg Wade. Perhaps they should word the release: "Endurance racing is beginning to capture the public's attention in the Middle East with so many riders from this region convincing top trainers from all over the world that everyone and everything has a price" I honestly don't have anything against them being in the sport. I hope they love it as much as I do...but I wish they'd just chill out, quit trying so hard. Personally, I'm kinda waiting for them to give up on the Olympics and stop buying more horses than they can ride...then the bottom falls out of the "endurance horses for profit business" just like it did the Arabian Show Horse business back in the 80's. Brother! Angie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. 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