Re: RC: Re: UAE/AERC (my final stupid remarks)

[Howard4567@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/29/01 11:38:23 AM Eastern Standard Time, CMKSAGEHIL 
writes:

<< Sounds to me like you could insert "Jerry and Larry" where you are saying 
"UAE" and be talking about exactly the same thing.  What's the difference??  
>>

You really can't let this one go, can you Heidi?  And I know if I bite on it 
you'll play the race card next.  Don't think even this stupid redneck doesn't 
see that one coming.

If you don't see the difference, there's really no hope of me getting through 
to you with any "stupid" remarks I might be able to come up with.  All I can 
say is, please, re-read Randy's post on the subject.  He explained it better 
than I ever could.

I'll be out riding for quite awhile from now till the hot Florida summer 
kicks in, so try not to miss me too much.  TI has given me the incentive to 
pick up the pace, since I plan on proving him quite wrong about me not 
achieving a certain mark in endurance.  I'll get that jacket yet.  There's a 
burn in my belly for this sport and I hope it never leaves.  If I don't hit 
that mark I feel quite certain my daughter will.

TI, one thing.  You mentioned several riders who are at the top level, your 
respect for them and that they are the ones who will make it happen.  But I 
didn't see the horse(s) mentioned and, to me, it's one of the differences in 
our assessment of this sport.  It really is the horse who wins the run (race 
in Arabic), not the rider.  Sure, the rider plans the run, makes sure the 
horse shows up,  feeds the horse,  puts on the saddle, he/she does quite a 
bit.  But it's the horse who runs, and it's the horse who wins.

My Saddlebred will never win a big race.  This I know.  But he has taught me 
so much about the sport, about life, about myself, he will be with me till 
the day I die.  

TI, don't be so quick to limit another rider in his/her goals with a sport 
that means as much to them as it does to Val or any of the riders you seem to 
have respect for.  I may, one day, prove you wrong.  And if I do, Kat's 
taking notes.

cya,
Howard (just stay healthy, Tom.  It doesn't happen overnight)