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Re: [RC] the future and direction of Tevis? - patriciaEndurance riding is about people with horses enjoying an experience, using common sense and loving their horses above all. At least that is what it is to me... The rules help the events go more smoothly and creates an even playing field for the participants. The joy of the sport is sometimes at events with others and sometimes the training rides themselves are better than any event....Introduce too many "rules" and those "in charge" of interpreting them sometimes get too full of themselves and forget the intent the guideline was meant to play. I agree with Lynne. The AERC should have very little, if anything to say about people being invited to any other event. Imposing our "AERC style" of riding on others is pure politics and a poor representation of our organization. The invitation was extended as a gesture of friendship/kinship. Why would anyone want to make that bad/wrong? I will suggest we QUIT looking for the negative... Patricia From: Lynne Glazer <anyone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 10:53:49 -0700 To: Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ridecamp <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [RC] the future and direction of Tevis? Geez, give it a break, T. The Emirates have always invited whomever they wanted to come play in their sandbox, with crews/transportation fully paid for--past invitees include winners and top finishers of Pan Am, WEC, and other events both in the US and around the world. They could have invited the winners without making it part of the ceremony--and with the extreme precedent, I don't think AERC can take any sort of position--after all the RIDE did not award these prizes, this private concern did. I'm not the least bit worried about UAE-style endurance "affecting" or as some would have it, "infecting" Tevis or our AERC-style of riding. Hey, they have limited terrain with which to work, which supports a certain type of riding, and the fact that they want to come try our style is encouraging to me. One big tent, and all that. It doesn't have to translate into monetary prizes (which I personally deplore) or another push to get endurance into the Olympics. The invitees will have the experience of a lifetime, and their support crews too--they could think of it as a vacation. And the horse won't be at risk as long as the riders pick a smart strategy of competing on the unfamiliar terrain. Lynne On Aug 7, 2004, at 6:27 AM, Truman Prevatt wrote: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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