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[RC] LD Category.... - k s swigartTruman said: I sure don't see piling on additional prizes would help. Fewer than 500 people accounted for all the starts in 100's last year. This is out of an organization of over 6000 members. It's sure difficult to justify additional rewards directed a such a small precentage of the memership. 500 out of 6000 ( just over 8%) sounds a pretty big number to me. I don't have the numbers available, but judging from my perusal of the literature and my attendance at shows, the percentage of USDF members that ride Grand Prix dressage is probably closer to about 1-2%, yet nobody there has any problem with the fact that all the biggest awards go to Grand Prix riders. Every training level dressage rider is perfectly comfortable with the concept that Grand Prix riders are better dressage riders than they are (to suggest otherwise would be considered absurd). And every training level dressage riders is perfectly comfortable with the concept that a Grand Prix horse is a much better dressage horse than a training level horse (to suggest otherwise would be considered absurd). Nor does this mean that most dressage riders understand that, while a worthy goal that they can dream about some day, they will probably never ride Grand Prix. They do not begrudge the people who do their awards. There is absolutely nothing wrong with providing the biggest awards to 100 mile competitors. Nor is there anything wrong with acknowledging that 100 mile horses and 100 mile riders are much better endurance riders than LD riders and LD horses (to suggest otherwise is absurd :)). kat Orange County, Calif. ============================================================ In my experience (22 year worth) most endurance riders are great people who will go out their way to help and be friendly. ~ Laura Hayes ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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