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I don't understand.  Did the rules stipulate that all the horses had to be present EVERYDAY of the ride...and be trailered everyday?  Could you have saved a horse for the last 3 days?  I can see where bringing in a "fresh" horse, especially towards the end of this event that hadn't been trailered daily, could be considered an advantage.  But, if the rules didn't stipulate the horses had to be present and trailered daily, I don't understand the problem.  Furthermore, how can the ride promoter tell a rider where to ride and that she wouldn't be part of the competition?  Why ride in the RACE (as the powers that be insisted on calling it) if you aren't riding for your team?

 

I do understand the frustration of being told one thing and then the opposite happens with management's approval.  That makes my eyebrows itch!

Becki Jackson <beckij@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Anna wrote that she was surprised when the Ride Coordinator announced to the
> group that she would ride at the back of the pack, and NOT be competing.
> Well, those of us in the group who heard this announced foolishly BELIEVED
> that what the RC said would be true. Silly us, nothing he had promised
> thus far had happened. Imagine our surprise when Anna finished first and
> stood for BC. The RC should have told the group what the situation was as
> MANY people were pretty upset when she finished first. It was not until the
> last day when I went and asked the steward that it was explained to me.
> Rules changed hourly at this event, it was the blind leading the dumb
> leading the stupid. Riders were sent out the last day with NO MAPS. Many
> got lost and did extra miles. I could go on and on, but lack the time and
> energy to beat a dead
>  horse.
> Becki
>
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