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Re: [RC] riding and/or racing - Laney Humphrey

The posts earlier today from France and Egypt were also enlightening. I hadn't realized how special our North American access to large amount of public wilderness lands is and how that slants our sport.
laney

Steph Teeter wrote: 
Laney - that's a very interesting question - the types of horses and riders
that actually participate in Endurance in other countries may not be that
different from in the US - maybe it's just the acceptance of 'racing' that
is different. In Argentina there were plenty of non-racey horses - criollos,
thoroughbreds, etc, that can't really compete with the top bred Arabians,
but they and their riders are out there having fun. LD (40km) rides are
pretty big over there, lots of kids and new riders. Brazil is probably
similar, lots of families and 'participants'. Malaysia - Endurance is still
so new over there - it's hard to say, but I saw plenty of kids riding and
non-Arabian horse breeds (which is mostly all that they have at this point).
Australia? Europe? South Africa... I'm not really sure.  UAE and the other
Gulf countries - I think that is the extreme end of the 'it's all about
racing' spectrum.

But Endurance is still really new in much of the rest of the world - that's
a real big difference right there.The 'how to' is readily available, but the
'been there, done that' is just getting started.

Steph

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Laney Humphrey
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 11:14 AM
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Subject: [RC] riding and/or racing



        My point is that perhaps the concern over riding vs. racing is not just
an American concern.  Or maybe we are the only ones who see it as
something to worry about.  >>







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