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Re: [RC] [RC] rude riders revisited - Catfish Daniels

Well, I guess to many of the "racers" it is their life. They live, breathe, and sweat endurance riding. They taylor their lives around the sport. They spend years breeding and training to eventually compete with their horses. They relocate and move to areas for the sole purpose of living on or near some of the best trails available for training. They may not be the majority - but there are many endurance riders who consider this to be their life.

And those who I'm thinking of, who fit into that category, are also advocates of good examples - idols to be respected - not just for their accomplishments, but as endurance riders in general - full of gratitude, appreciation, and a steady willingness to help.

I guess it CAN be your life - whole heartedly - and you can still have the decency to be polite and appreciative at rides - racing or not.

Catfish


From: SandyDSA@xxxxxxx
To: jonnij@xxxxxxxx, ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC]   rude riders revisited
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 14:21:26 EST


In a message dated 11/3/2005 10:14:44 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
jonnij@xxxxxxxx writes:

It is sad that ones first time coming out to volunteer at a ride will turn
them off to the sport. He even mentioned he avoids riding on the day of the
ride on those trails, as he just does not want to deal with "endurance
riders"......




It is even MORE sad that the smart mouths who generally DO this are people
who seriously need a life. Endurance racing/riding is not LIFE! It is a sport,
a hobby, a pastime, not LIFE. If people would HAVE something that they
consider more important than this sport (not that we all don't just LOVE it) - such
as a good job, friends, a precious family, faith - then perhaps they
wouldn't be SO twisted in the britches when something like an inexperienced in timer
slows them down by half a second. Frankly, the only real issues that need
biting on most of the time are - enough WATER for the horses, and enough
COMPETENT vets. (Not to include cousin Jimmy who is brand new to the field). It
just isn't life, peeps.
s

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