[RC] Santa Fe ride will aerc pull sanction - Kearby, Kate G Civ 748 CBSG/IS
Seems I’m hearing ugly stories of attemps of ‘non-distance
riders’ to complete 50s come heck or hi-water’ to qualify for this
ride. This again giving endurance a bad name… double the usual number of
50 riders most having never done any distance before, not even ready for the 25s
and arguing with the vets to continue when their horse shouldn’t.. seems
to me a ride in oklahoma about 20 years ago was once sanctioned by aerc, when
aerc found out some issues with the ride they pulled sanction, the ‘run
for the money’ boys still rode and the first of 12 horses dropped dead at
9 miles. How do you / we fix it and take care of the horses? How do we keep a
endurance and distance riding a clean sport before the horses get hurt?
