"Ricecamp readers you have no right to attack a person
just based on their AERC record..."
Oh Dian, where have you been? Of course they have
that right. They did it to Howard and plenty others. Some maybe deserved a
little of it but most don't. There was even a lady who tried to share her
shipping experience because sadly she lost her horse and didn't want someone
else going through the same thing, and Ridecampers damn near called her a
murderer!
Come on, that is what ridecamp is all about. If you
think you know what you are talking about, someone will look up your
record and tell you otherwise. Or, they will just argue with you until it gets
boring. That can take a long damn time. Especially if there are numbers and men
involved. ;) TRUE?man
You and Debi are addressing mostly distance riders
AND racers who don't necessarily agree with horses being campaigned to race one
time, and then sold to the highest bidder overseas.
We all like to see the better riders do well,
but that doesn't mean they ride better than the rest of us. Just faster and they
can do so without worrying about the horses future because the horse
will be out of their hands. If you read ridecamp regularly, you must know that
most of the posters are about riding and KEEPING their horses. They like to race
and get prizes, but not money.
You are right, international and home riding are
two different things. But don't preach to
this choir about international racing and conditioning a horse for one
race,because you are addressing the home riders/racers.
As has been pointed out, riding twelve hours is not
abusive. More horses than not, ride that long and longer, do so for many
rides/races and continue on into their Sr. years.
So welcome to ridecamp. Be tough or be drinking.
That is about the only two ways to keep yourself from picking up your computer
and smashing it against the floor while reading certain posts. (don't throw your
back out Debi (:-O no!) Or, you can collect
pictures of people from EN and put them on the wall and when they write
something that really rubs you the wrong way, throw something at them. Something soft, cause it ain't worth tearing
up your walls for. Drywall being so expensive and all. ;)
