Re: [RC] [RC] team selection - John Teeter - oddfarm
Wow! Thanks John for the explanation.
A two hour vet check, huh? Were they watching
hooves grow?? What exactly is a "special vet exam" that makes it so
rigorous?
So a rider can nominate their own horse for the
USEF endurance squad. Then over the course of 2 years they do qualification
rides and those are the rides that are monitored by USEF officials.
The two training rides were not actual rides, just
2 times they all got together at one place to ride, have a special exam and be
interviewed. Right?
I am a tad confused on the math problem ;) Is the
10+2 with the 5+1 a different team than the 12+6? I can't follow word
problems and I don't understand what all that means. (Deja vu, I am in school
all over again!)
I never thought about our "National Championship"
not really being a real championship as compared to other countries. That is
interesting. I don't know if that is a good thing or not. I assume our divisions
that you are referring to are the weight divisions. How do the other
countries determine qualifications for their NC rides? Is it based strictly on
times, or do they also have weight divisions. Is the one "real" winner a rider
who competed against all riders as "the cream of the crop" or against riders
in weight divisions also?
If you have any ideas as to how to make progress on this issue, work
with the AERC board.
Ha, ha, ha! You had me going on this one! OH, don't
get me started.
Thanks for the info John and bringing it all
together. It makes sense. Reading it in different journals and what not
made it hard to follow the actual processes.
