RE: Competition in Slovakia

["Steph Teeter" <steph@endurance.net>]

Hi Eva - it's great to hear from riders in other countries,
especially interesting to see how the sport is developing.
Hopefully countries where the sport is still new can learn
from those that have been doing it for decades! You might
want to contact Maggie Price - mmsprice@ptd.net . She is
chair of the AERC (American Endurance Ride Conference)
Education committee and was recently involved in helping
Turkmenistan develop an Endurance program. She can probably
send you literature and information for your National Committee.

The speeds you describe on the 40 and 60 km rides are
definitely fast!! What was the condition of the horses after
the ride? And how strict was the vetting during the ride?
Are your riders educated on conditioning and training
matters? What breeds of horses were there? Many questions!

Hope to hear more from you -

Steph

-----Original Message-----
From: guest@endurance.net [mailto:guest@endurance.net]
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 12:41 AM
To: ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: RC: Competition in Slovakia


Eva Markova ladvar@post.sk
Hello,
I live in Slovakia and I did my first 40 km (25miles) in September. I met
endurance riders only on Ridecamp (Net) before that (there is no one in a
part of country where I live) and so I was "surprised" about some things on
this competition. There was three lenghts: 40km, 60 km, 80km (50 miles). The
longest ride was canceled, because there was only one entry (!). There were
6 entries on 60 km (37 miles) and average speed on this ride was 27 km/h (17
miles/h)! I plan to attend conference of our national Commitee of endurance
riding and say that way is not good to develop our sport. It is only my
opinion, I'll be glad if I will hear some opinions of riders from another
countries.
                                                            Eva Markova
			             ladvar@post.sk



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