Re: is this fair?

[rides2far@juno.com (Angela C. McGhee)]

I truly believe "To Finish is to Win" at any distance.  But I also
believe that any horse that wins a 25 could have done a nice solid
completion with less effort on a 50.  If they're 4 and couldn't enter the
50, they shouldn't have gone fast enough to win the 25.  I guess that's
why I just can't see being...oh, top 5.  There are some people in the
back of top 10 in the 25 around here who ride a very nice race on well
conditioned horses...come to think of it, they probably could finish a 50
too.  By the way, when I top tenned in the 50's several times this year,
several people asked, "Isn't it about time you did a 100?"  So I did, and
they were right, we were ready and I enjoyed it.

Angie McGhee and Kaboot (who seemed to enjoy it too)


On Mon, 26 Jan 1998 15:26:50 EST SandyDSA@aol.com writes:
>In a message dated 98-01-26 13:34:08 EST, you write:
>
><< I hear a lot of 25's say they think they shouldn't be left out of
> awards...just because they don't have time to train as much...  I 
>wonder
> how they would like to be one of us "also rans" who complete 50s year
> after year, just out of the awards.  We could drop down and clean up, 
>but
> don't want to.  We don't ride for awards.  I see nothing wrong with 
>doing
> 25's forever if that's your thing.  But I also see no glory 
>whatsoever in
> bragging that you win them.
>  >>
>Like anything else competitive, recognition for accomplishment is 
>alway
>desired and appreciated. Being an "also ran" in endurance tends to run 
>in
>cotrast to the motto. Dropping down and "cleaning up" as is routinely 
>done in
>the shows is abhorrent and in decidedly bad form. I suppose the 100 
>milers
>could say the same about the 50 milers, even those 50 milers who WIn. 
>Bragging
>is not the same as taking great satisfaction in having completed 
>something
>that few attempt and even fewer complete. The GLORY IS in the 
>completion, and
>for us, in the doing. Acknowledgement for haing done the job is 
>appropriate
>for ANY level, and not to be misunderstood - most don't boast but 
>enjoy the
>victory. Some enjoy the boaasting as well (ick!) and so many more are 
>so very
>pleased and rpoud to have done it at all. SO SO SO .
>sandy
>

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