Re: Hunters & Jumpers

["Tracey" <tracey@tbt.co.za>]

> Kat 
>     said that Kathy Mayeda said:
>
> > Endurance rides are judged the same 
>     whether or not they are FEI or AERC because whoever gets over the finish 
>     line first is first in competition.   Veterinary criteria may 
>     differ some for BC and/or completion, but the goal is the same.  
>     
>
> Kat answered:
> >>Go 
>     to any AERC endurance ride (not one that is dual sanctioned  the FEI, 
>     just a regular ride), and ask how many of the people there have the goal of 
>     getting over the finish line first.  Betcha that it is significantly 
>     less than a third.  Go to Tevis and ask the same question.   
>     Betcha that it is less than 10%.<<
> At the risk of opening up the 
>     "winners" debate again (and *no*, don't go there), I think Kat 
>     missed the point of Kathy's post.  Kathy was not commenting on people's 
>     "goals", but because of the criteria on which the sport is 
>     adjudicated.  The rules are there for three purposes:
> 1.  To protect participants; 
> and
> 2.  To manage / organise the event; 
>     and
> 3.  To determine the winner of the 
>     contest.
> Nobody says that YOU have to enter with the 
>     aim of winning, but I think it would be short-sighted to forget that this 
>     is, after all, a contest, and a winner will, after all, be 
> chosen.
> Tracey
> (Please, please, please may this post not be 
>     misinterpreted!!!!!!!)
>