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Title: We imitate our masters only because we are not yet masters ourselves, and only

 

 

I always though doing a 100 was a pretty good deal. It really piles on the points fast for year end awards. You could go to 100 with 11 riders be the only one in your weight division to finish and walk away with 450 points in your weight division. You could finish 50th in a 100 and get as many overall points as someone that won a 50 - sounds like a good deal to me.

I sure don't see the decline in 100's tied to any award - or lack thereof - system. The decline as I see it comes from new riders not moving on to 100's. In the early 90's just about everybody wanted to at least try one. I don't know the last time I have heard one of the riders that got into the sport after about 1997 mention that. This growing disinterest has cause ride managers to stop running them. Look at how many 100's we had in the SE in the early 90's and look today. I've heard RM's say why should they keep everybody up all night for 5 riders out of 120. New 100's are offered and no one shows up. Can you blame RM's for dropping 100's from their offering or RM for not offering them?.

 Truman,   For what it is worth I look at doing 25’s as training rides only.  I have no clue (and don’t have the interest or energy) to pay attention to standings, points etc.  I am going to do a couple 25’s this summer in hopes of doing a 50 in the fall.  I only look at 25’s as training rides and REALLY feel like I will accomplish something once I do a 50 and then a 100 in a year or two.  That is my long term goal, to do a 100.  The 25’s will be just part of the time that has to go in to get there.  So, at least you now know 1 SE rider that has the goal of a 100 once my horse is ready.

[Kathy Ramspott]