In a message dated 2/21/2005 8:25:47 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,
heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Please,
tell us just in what way this will cause AERC riding to
deteriorate?
I probably have more to say regarding all of this than I want to, so I
won't.
But, I will say, it is only a matter of time until the public
perception of endurance riding is affected by the policies of the USEF and
the FEI.
Unlike other horse disciplines, the public can seem to grasp what riding
too far, too fast can do to a horse.
Public perception, if it goes the way of other matters (presented
"just so" by the media), can and will affect the AERC and endurance riding, in
general.
The world is smaller today than yesterday, and it only takes one cameraman
with an "agenda," and outlet for that agenda, to set things in motion.
If the "world" perceives that the horsemen and horsewomen involved in this
sport are not good stewards of the horse, I guarantee that some faction will
rise up and take the reins out of our hands.
