So how does this invitational work? Is it
that a rider is invited and then the rider gets to bring whichever horse
the rider wants to/can scrounge up? (I mean, the horse is not also
specified in the "invitational"?)
And, I take it who is invited is at the sole
discretion of the "piper"? (As in, "He who pays the piper calls the
tune"?)
So, to answer my own question as to why Heather was
not invited, things like wanting to "repay" Tevis might be more important
than, say, inviting this year's winner of the AERC 100 mile National
Championshp--and Pan Am silver medal?
(Please don't anyone take this as
having anything to do with my opinion as to whether or not Hal Hall will do a
fabulous job on Aleclipse. He's an awesome rider and I have nothing but
the utmost respect for him and his accomplishments. It's just
that Heather has a) had a fabulously successful year; and b) while
riding Al. So I'm just genuinely trying to understand where that
choice came from!)
