Re: Cosequin/anybody care?

[vanhove@unavco.ucar.edu (Teresa Van Hove)]

Ok Angie,

I'll 'play' the devils advocate here.  (I too have reservations about
cash prizes etc.)   But you cant expect a 1st year ride to have the
kind of following that Tevis or ROC rides have.  Pretty surprising
that there is no info on the internet - would have thought that 
Cosequin would plug their event.  Perhaps nothing is getting posted
to ridecamp because of the negatvie posts 2 (?) years ago about 
having cash prizes?  Seems that I've heard quite a bit about other FEG 
rides this summer, and it always makes a ride feel more real to read
a story about it on ridecamp - come on cosequin folks - we may bark
on this list but we don't bite! 

Teresa 

> 
> You know, I think this is sort of sad.  I think about the great stories
> that came from Tevis...none of which were from even top 10...they were
> personal victories...people who had so many different handicaps, from
> cancer to horses who had been through some ordeal at some time...they
> were all winners...."To Finish Is To Win" and all that.  Somehow, it
> seems that at this ride, to get cash was to win and the rest are losers. 
> There was no real history, no time for people to set this as a major goal
> in their lives...
> 
> There has to be a way for this to be different.  I never minded the
> winner of the ROC getting a horsetrailer.  What is it that's so different
> about this?  I know lots of people were really proud that their horses
> were "ROC qualified", it was an elite group.  I've planned to use that
> term as soon as Kaboot reaches the qualifications, even if there's not an
> ROC by that time.  
> 
 
> Just some thoughts.  Anybody out there who doesn't have blisters on their
> fingers from the LD debate that wants to voice an opinion?
> 
> Angie
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