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Re: [RC] National Championship Award - Lynne Glazer

Hi, Tom.
You know what I don't like about the Sandybaar? The very real chance that somebody compromises their horse by attempting to finish a ride that he/she shouldn't. Like instead of pulling because the horse is grade 2 lame, continuing to ride towards completion, just to get 10 rides in a row without a pull. That's acting in bad faith towards your partner.


"He was never pulled" is supposed to be the pinnacle of achievement? Yes, he was carefully managed--that's fantastic. But he was also *lucky*! Never to wake up with an upset stomach. Never to hit the "rock with his name on it". Never to fall on trail, get a laceration, have his rider get sick and RO, etc.

The thing I *do* like about the Sandybaar is that it doesn't matter what mix of distances you do in a single season. And it's a nice achievment for the LD rider.

I admire career results over "he was never pulled". The Pardners award rewards lifetime achievement as well as the bond between a particular horse and rider.

Lynne
who can't ride a lame horse any steps at all


On Oct 13, 2004, at 2:13 PM, <tomnoll@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Greetings:

The AERC already has an award similar to the nomination that some have
suggested. An award that I think is far more prestigious than any of the
others. The annual Partners Award recognizes a very special horse and
rider team. I realize that the award is subjective, still to me there may
be no higher honor. In fact, the only greater honor that I can imagine is
if the horses somehow got together and awarded their own partners award.
But, the horses aren’t going to do that. It seems that the awards most
sought after by the humans are completely irrelevant to the horses.



Best Regards,


Tom Noll
SW Idaho

PS: The Pacific Northwest Endurance Riders also have a special award –
the Sandybaar Award (from the PNER website: Named in honor of Sandybaar,
an Arabian stallion who competed in the early days of PNER/AERC. He was
never pulled. Awards for all PNER horse/rider teams who complete a
minimum of ten consecutive PNER rides, any distance). There are four
words describing Sandybaar’s career; “He was never pulled.”

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