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Fw: [RC] Endurance in the Olympics - Dot Wiggins

Reining seems to be making it's way into the Olympics, certainly not an old "warfare" event. Pretty flashy to watch though.



----- Original Message ----- From: "k s swigart" <katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 12:08 PM
Subject: [RC] Endurance in the Olympics



Paul Sidio said:

It has been stated many times that Endurance Riding
will never be an Olympic Sport.  The main reasons
given are that it is just too spectator and television
unfriendly.

If you ask me, the main reason that endurance riding will never be an Olympic sport isn't that it isn't a spectator sport (and, btw, it still isn't a spectator sport even if you can sit in a stand and watch it, but that is beside the point); endurance will never be an Olympic sport because it isn't a human athletic endeavor and the IOC won't be adding an event that is the equivalent of giving out medals to horses.

The other Olympic equestrian sports were included back in the days when
there was still such a thing as mounted cavalry and the olympic events
were, in many way, mock military trials.  The only reason the current
equestrian events are included in the Olympics is ... tradition.

Unlike marathons, which can be run in urban
locations in front of thousands of spectators,

Actually, marathons (which only take 2+ hours not 10+) aren't really spectator sports either and the only thing that anybody pays to watch in the Olympic marathon is runners crossing the finish line, and even that happens between the other events that the people are there really to watch...like the 100 m dash. And, I contend, the only reason it is included is...tradition.

kat
Orange County, Calif.
:)

"If the end justifies the means, everybody is justified." John G. Beck,
PhD



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