Re: RC: Posse Ride Ruling

[jlong@mti.net (Joe Long)]

On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 11:34:33 EDT, GoldenCMK@aol.com wrote:

>In a message dated 04/10/2000 8:12:11 AM Pacific Daylight Time, jlong@mti.net 
>writes:

><< An endurance ride is a race, and the riders and management have an
> expectation that there will be full-sprint races to the finish line. >>

>If I had known this before I got into endurance I would have never gotten 
>into it. 

You didn't know endurance rides are also races?  You would not
participate knowing this?

>I get such a feeling of accomplishment when I finish. I don't care 
>how many horses are behind me nor how many were in front. What I do care 
>about is that with team effort of myself and my horse that we accomplished 
>something together and did it without harm of either one of us. 

That's very commendable.  But it does not make the goals of others
less worthy.

>I know that 
>many are very competitive in this sport but not everyone wants to Top Ten, a 
>lot of us just want to finish with a sound horse. So when you throw all these 
>people into one ride, each one needs to respect the other. But most of all no 
>matter whether you are highly completive or just out for a good ride all care 
>and safety must be top priority of your horse, other horses, yourself and 
>other riders as well as those non riders. AND no matter how you look at it, 
>the riders involved with the accident at the Posse Ride did NOT put the 
>safety any one involved first. 

And you know this how?

>It was a sad day for endurance riding.

It is a sad day when people assign blame without having all the facts.

-- 
Joe Long
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