Re: [RC] riders set for 120km race - Barbara McCrary
Assuming that big money has more power than the voices
of AERC, just why do we have to play this game at all? Riding
in foreign countries, riding with foreign riders, started out to be pleasant and
a fun interaction with folks from other countries around the world. When
did it become derailed and morphed into what we are seeing now? If AERC's
philosophy of riding with protections for the horse cannot be imposed on USEF
and FEI, I vote for pulling out completely and telling the rest of the world
that this is not the game we want to play. And I don't care if others
think this is sour grapes. We feel differently about our horses...they are
friends and companions, not expendable machines. Grump,
grump...
Oddly enough, I've been watching this game going south
since 1987...little by little by little.
What you all fail to
see is this is the current trend in Endurance on a world basis. This is the
trend that AERC-I is playing with. This is the game that those with the most
influence in World-Wide Endurance are playing with. While the money amounts
are tremendous in our sphere it is pocket change for those now influencing the
rules.
When will you, the
members of AERC, the participants of endurance competition, realize that you
must make the AERC Board of Directors cognizant of what you want for the
future and then make sure they convey these desires to the USEF, our
representative to the FEI.
Wake up and
act!
Bob
Bob
Morris
Morris Endurance
Enterprises
Boise,
ID
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Ridecamp Subject: Re: [RC]
riders set for 120km race
Heck - I'll bring my .45 -- you can
bet I won't be ON the horse :)
Seriously - when big money gets involved,
the sport quickly devolves to where only the rich can play. I also
think that the welfare of the horse takes a nosedive, as the people paying the
bills (and the salaries) are interested in winning results as quickly as
possible.
My
feeling is that if $154,000 cash prizes are what we need to liven up
endurance riding in this country, I?ll volunteer to sit by the side of the
trail with my rifle and take pot shots as riders go past. I?m guessing
things would get pretty lively in short order, and the horses and sport
probably have a better chance of long-term
survival.
JMO.
Susan
Garlinghouse, DVM
> We need a few rides like that
here in our country to liven things up a bit.
