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Gee!! What a moron I am. How could I forget the money? That's the biggest difference. Racing is a cash sport and in this part of the world is looked on as being a way of making money (yeah, and I have a pyramid to sell you too).  Riding, on the other hand, is well recognised as being a way of making a small fortune out of a huge one....

Maryanne

On Feb 13, 2008 8:24 PM, <Sbolinge@xxxxxxx> wrote:

The main difference I see is the purse involved.  A ride that offers huge prizes is a completely different animal than a ride that offers buckets for awards. Large purse rides should be labeled distance racing instead of endurance riding. Even though, because of physical problems, I have not been able to participate in endurance riding for several years, endurance riding has been a huge love of mine and when I see it and everything it stands for being given such a black eye by what is going on under the guise of endurance riding...it makes me want to do something about it...but it is so frustrating because it has taken on a life of its own and there doesn't seem to be anything to be done to correct it. Did anyone see the photo from the endurance ride in India?? The one where all the horses in the photo seem to be out of control? What a pathetic example of horsemanship... Apparently India puts on a distance race using the UAE's races as their guide to how it is done. Pretty sad.

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