Ridecamp: Re: [RC] laura toston and her riders

Good.  I'd hoped that this was an isolated issue.  I think that one of the
reasons I got soured on pleasure classes as a teen was the fact that so many
of the kids I competed against had that "win at all costs" mentality and
seemed to be learning it from their parents and/or instructors.  Then of
course 4H around here has become something of a joke--a lot of kids in the
livestock classes (and their parents) expect the leaders to do all the work,
which is contrary to the goals of 4H, yet it continues because it is
rewarded in the show ring.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Heidi Smith" <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Lisa Redmond" <lredmond23@xxxxxxxxxxx>; "ridecamp"
<ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 1:40 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] laura toston and her riders


>
> > Just a thought here from someone on the outside looking in.  I've been
> > reading this discussion, and it occurs to me that the problem is that
> there
> > are awards for finishing with good times.  Perhaps, in the best interest
> of
> > the horses' health (and to get the point across to juniors that
condition
> is
> > more important than time) awards should go to juniors who take the best
> > overall care of their horses, and avoid rewards for short finish times
> > altogether.  It might also discourage sponsors who get involved as a way
> to
> > bask in the glory of their juniors rather than out of a true desire to
see
> > their "students" compete correctly.
>
> Here in the NW, on a regional level, we have cumulative awards that go for
> such things as mileage, consecutive completions, etc.  Endurance riding
just
> isn't endurance riding without it being a timed event, on one hand, but on
> the other hand, having season-long awards programs provides considerable
> incentive to take care of one's horse, so that he is ok to compete again
in
> a couple of weeks, or whenever the next event may be, year in and year
out.
>
> Heidi
>
>
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