Re: Top ten BC

[Cynthia Eyler <eyler@mindspring.com>]

One organization that operates this way is ECTRA.

Cindy Eyler
Baltimore

At 03:17 PM 9/16/98 +0700, Teresa Van Hove wrote:
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>Linda,
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>To start - I am not a top tenner, and I used to think this would be
>good but I have come to think that the current system pretty much
>works. (Often one of the top few horses will win the BC - w/o needing
>any help from time points, and would have won the BC against the
>entire field too.)  AERC does have a special program for those of
>us who ride to see the country and keep our horses in good shape
>year after year - lifetime mileage awards.  Sounds like what you 
>want is longer distance CTR competitions - I think you will not
>have any more luck getting AERC to go this way now then you did
>years ago - perhaps you might try working on one of the CTR groups
>to have longer rides?  Heck if they had  rides of 40 or more miles
>in one day and only judged on conditon of the horse I would do 
>some CTR again. (nothing like that in Colorado folks - maybe there
>is in some parts of the country) 
>
>Teresa 
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>> I had been trying to get that idea going years ago and even had an
>> article in EN on that very subject....top ten BC awards and eliminate
>> placings.  Boy did I ever get blasted.  I STILL think it is an excellent
>> idea!!!!!!!!   a safer one for our horses, one that would entail more
>> horsemanship than speed.   Linda   (blast away again, won't change my
>> mind)
>> 
>> Linda Eisele & Sareei and                   
>> hubby, Allen & LS Iceman
>> & the young LS Lakota
>> nevadaghostridr@webtv.net
>> 
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