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Re: [RC] reply to Bob Morris - heidiPlease Reply to: Frances gumbootballet@xxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================Heidi, I get it!! I have from the beginning. As I said long ago, I have been acting as the Devil's Advocate. Great! But one can "devil's-advocate" things to death sometimes. Review Ed's reply to Truman about setting up straw men and then knocking them down. That has been the predominant activity surrounding Rule 13. My problem comes from witnessing an incident at a recent ride and wondering if I might be able to help clear up what appears to me to be a huge misconception about what is legal and what isn't. If you scroll down a bit you will find another person's post about Platinum Performance and, possibly, another misconception that anything "natural" is just fine in a ride. I know of several people who's horses get joint formulas every day of their lives, including ride days, and their owners swear by the stuff.If I, living in a tiny and remote part of the endurance world, have seen and heard several obvious examples of riders bending the rules, what must be going on in some of the really big rides? This problem just isn't going to go away until the rules can be made clear to ALL competitors. I know that YOU understand what is required and I get it too but I think there needs to be something done to make ALL riders aware of the expectations of the AERC. Obviously changing the wording of the rules is beyond the realm of possibility so maybe it would be more realistic to get a "rider education" program going where each ride entry spells out clearly, in lay man's terms, not AERCs, the expectation that horses will be ridden without the benefit of any added concoctions. Or maybe each rider needs to sign something on their entry that states that they are aware of Rule 13, in all its glory, and have abided by it for X amount of time before the ride and will do so until the competition is over. I don't know what the answers are but I'm beginning to empathize with the legendary messangers of old,who were stoned to death for being the bearers of unwelcome news. Not trying to stone you to death... <g> And I think you're more on the right track with some of the above than you were with your earlier idea. Vet lectures at grass-roots rides? Info in riders' packets? Yes, I agree that a lot of it is an educational problem, and you might be onto something getting folks to sign a copy of Rule 13 pre-ride... Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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