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Okay, well since I mentioned that they charged me a different amount than 
they said they would when I registered two of my horses, I'm happy to 
report that I received a check in the mail today from AHA for $40.00.  :)

Also, a few people wrote and asked about the mileage awards programs.  Here 
is a link to their distance riding programs:

http://www.arabianhorses.org/competitions/distance/dist_programs.asp  and 
http://www.arabianhorses.org/activities/aa/haa.asp

The first level an endurance horse can reach is the Legion of Honor and 
will add a "+" symbol after the horses name.  To earn that you need to get 
75 points.  It is a slow process, as most 50 mile rides we do will only net 
us 2 points.  You can get more points for top tenning if there are a large 
# of entrants (they do reduce points if there aren't a significant # of 
finishers), or for getting BC, or for doing 100's.

The next level after that is a Legion of Supreme Honor which will add the 
"+/" (plus and dash) after the horses name.  You need 150 points to get to 
that level.  At 300 points you can get the Legion of Excellence which is a 
plus and two dash's "+//".

You can find the points table for endurance rides 
here:  http://secure.arabianhorses.org/2005handbook/chapter_21.pdf  You can 
see for example, that if you finish 10th with 32 to 35 riders you won't get 
any extra points on a 50 miler.  You actually get 4 points for completing a 
50, but it is reduced by 50%.  25 Milers are reduced to 25%, and 100's, get 
100% -- so 4 points for doing a 100, which ends up giving you the same 
points as if you do two 50's (who figured this stuff out anyway? lol)

So in my case, it's a long slow process to earn even a "+".  It took Chief 
probably 35 miles to earn his, and he's probably now only about a dozen 
rides away from getting the dash "/", and then I guess after that we'll 
start working on the next 150 points.  Why not?  Even if it's only 2 points 
per ride we'll at least piddle away at it, it could take years and years 
but I can think of worse goals to shoot for :).  They did already send me a 
really beautiful plaque for reaching the Legion of Honor milestone.    Oh, 
and $40 back too~!

Karen
in NV




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