Re: sanctioned rides

[carl meyer <carlmey@citrus.infi.net>]

Keeyun@aol.com wrote:
>   someone please tell me what is the difference between a sanctioned
> ride and a non sanctioned ride.<snip>

Hi Kelly,

Sanctioning a ride is to have it approved on a regional ride calendar
according to the rules of an organization (AERC); to  come under
the umbrella of standardization by which the event will be conducted,
ie: welfare of the horses,etc. and to have data of ride results recorded
by the sanctioning body ( AERC in this case), for future use in awards
presentations. This is the basic explanation of a SANCTIONED event vs.
an UNsanctioned one....if one attends an Unsanctioned event, one has
no quarantee of any standardization, and in dealing with a living entity
such as the horse, in stressful competition, one would want sanctioning
of a recognized organization, with its set of rules and regs. to guide
the program and to fall back on in case of controversy.....ride manage-
ment pays a fee per rider back to AERC for this priviledge of partici-
pation in a Sanctioned event;  a non-sanctioned event could be run
ACCORDING  to the rules and regs. of a known body, such as AERC, and NOT
pay the per rider fee, and 	NOT  have the "approval" of the org., but if
something goes amiss (sp), then who are you going to talk to to resolve
or handle the problem? There is also a blanket insurance of some sort
involved in going with the sanctioning body....it IS the thing to do.
A fun ride, let's say, could be run, Unsanctioned, but according to the
rules of AERC...OR an educational clinic type ride, the same thing...
the sanctioning body gives us STANDARDIZATION...something that is DEFIN-
ITELY important and desired.

Hope this helps you to understand a little better. I'm sure there will
be other answers from this good group to your question.

Sincerely,

Deena~ Meyer
Inverness, Fl.