Re: WEG Selection process

[Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com>]

I, personally, like the idea of certain rides as being mandatory "selection"
rides.  Perhaps this wll help teach people what "teamwork" is all about. AND, it
would give the selectors a chance to be together and discuss what they observe
instaed of relaying information via telephone or in writing.  Nothing beats
one-on-one......

Teddy

Liz Carpenter wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am in the UK and have been reading your WEG
> posts with interest.
>
> Whilst I agree that performance in one selection
> ride is inadequate as it doesn't tell the
> selectors who is *consistent*, there is a case
> for having selection rides.
>
> AFAIK, in the UK there are a number of selection
> rides, timed appropriately so that there is still
> some 'horse' left by the time Dubai comes round.
>
> So instead of a single selection ride there are
> several. Then, the final selection ride for the
> accumulated longlist is run in a way and on
> terrain that most closely approximates conditions
> in Dubai (don't laugh, I know it is tricky to do
> this in the UK, but they try :-) and a team of
> riders is finally chosen.
>
> Sometimes people moan about the composition of
> the team (why isn't x in it? why did they choose
> y? and so on) but it is a case of it being the
> riders responsibility to make sure the
> appropriate rides are completed in a way
> befitting a future team member if they wish to
> be considered for the team.
>
> Keeping the selection process entirely secret and
> having no qualifying rides seems like a recipe
> for disaster in this respect. At least in the UK
> people know what they *should* be doing to be
> considered for the team, so if they fail then it
> is their own hard luck.
>
> Can someone explain the US selection process?
> Sorry if someone already has and I've missed it.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Liz and Basil The Nag
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