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Re: [RC] Awards, the horse's perspective - Becky Rohwer

I wonder if AERC should refuse to recognize any top ten placement for the same horse more than once within a 30 day time frame to protect that horse from abuse?
Just because a horse top tens often doesn't necessarily mean it is being abused.  Sometimes a top ten rider may have done a 7 hour 50 but slipped into top ten because of pulls ahead of them or maybe they are in top ten because there just weren't that many riders in the distance they rode.  I just finished a 75 recently in top ten.  Took 2nd place and last place at the same time.  There were only 3 of us and one was pulled at 50 miles.  AERC would have to know all the circumstances of the top ten before they just refused recognition just because the horse top tenned more than once in a 30 day period.  Nope, not a good idea.
 
Becky R. - Montana


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