Re:Was $20 Fee, now old series

["Nancy Mitts" <mitts_n@hotmail.com>]

Truman,
You're right about every year being different!
Once you got your qualifying miles, though, the series was only 3 rides. 
There was one in every region, but you only got to pick 2, and then the 
final. If you entered one & didn't complete, you didn't get to just keep 
going to other regions till you got 2 that counted.
Even as I write this, though, I'm thinking maybe in it's last painful year 
you COULD just keep entering and pick your best 3 rides.
As I said in an earlier post, even though I liked the original concept, it 
just became too unwieldy & complicated to be a viable way to select a 
champion.
Nancy Mitts

>From: Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@mindspring.com>
>Reply-To: tprevatt@mindspring.com
>To: Nancy Mitts <mitts_n@hotmail.com>
>CC: Kathy_Mayeda@atce.com, ridecamp@endurance.net
>Subject: Re: RC:  RE: $20 Fee for National Championship Ride
>Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 21:03:47 -0500
>
>If I remember correctly the qualifications changed somewhat from year to
>year. I remember it was 400 miles as a rider/horse team. There was no
>placement criteria as I remember. But it was more of a trailer race than
>a horse race. There was a ride in each region and the high points took
>the prize. So he who had the time to go to up to 8 rides was most likely
>your winner.
>
>T
>
>Nancy Mitts wrote:
>
> > Kathy,
> > When the NC was a series of rides, the qualifications were tougher. I
> > think
> > you had to have 200 miles on that horse in that year (prior to the
> > series),
> > plus a certain placement in your weight division (I think). The rides
> > were
> > poorly attended, and one of the reasons given was that the
> > qualifications
> > were too tough.
> > What's this deal about the heavyweight & middleweight being easy to
> > win?
> > Tell that to the ones that didn't complete the ride!
> >
> >
> >


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