Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Apologies to everyone at The Norco Ride

Hi Ginger,
I was not at Norco, I don't know you, but I sure admire your class. I have a
friend (eh...ex..friend) who could just as well have signed your open letter
after the Bandit Springs ride. Many had to suffer outrageous accusations of
inept management and vets, as well as vitriolic assaults upon the riders who
had befriended her and taken her on training rides and offered advice and
suggestions because they had failed to tell her to send a lead line to the
outcheck area in case her horse was pulled. Yes! It was their fault that her
horse had wandered away and disappeared for several hours. (I still don't
know how she figured that it was not her responsibility to hold and keep
safe her own horse). It was also the vets fault for not allowing her to
either ride or lead her horse back to camp after it had been pulled. And on
it goes.
After that ride, no one in the endurance community has heard a whisper or
seen her on the trails. (I think I would be hiding, too). I hear that she
has decided to give up endurance for the safety of the dressage arena and
the explicit directions of her instructor.
But you, Ginger are a class act. What endurance is really about.
Good luck in the future and I hope to wave at you on a trail somewhere.
Pat
----- Original Message -----
From: <EgyptianMirage@xxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 6:18 AM
Subject: [RC] Apologies to everyone at The Norco Ride


> I want to extend a huge apology and show my appreciation to everyone that
> witnessed and put up with my frustration and anger at the Norco ride.
>
> It was one incredibly frustrating day coupled with the loss of my horse
for 1
> 1/2 hours who decided that the town of Norco was much more exciting than I
> was, my missing the trail ribbons which were clearly marked and "for the
life
> of me" I could not find and had to do some serious backtracking (my fault
> completely) and, after all of that, coming in to ride camp for completion
4
> minutes late even after everything I just told you about.  Yes, I should
> definitely be extremely proud of my myself for coming in at all after all
of
> that.  Well, that is how I am not seeing it!!  All of this was not the
ride
> managers fault (she went out of her way to award me with the appropriately
> titled "Hard Luck Award," it was not the vet's fault, the PR's fault, nor
was
> it the other riders fault.  It was my own and I am going to be the first
> person to admit this before I start reading e-mail's about me!!  Out of
> everything, that's the worst that can come of it!!!!   LOL
>
> Now that I have reminisced about the ride and how fabulous it, the
terrain,
> and the people, I would not have missed it for the world and have
considered
> this a HUGE learning experience.  And, yes, even with me not completing.
I
> just had to sit back and remind myself that this is what the sport is all
> about. Not winning, not necessarily even completing, but the experience of
> riding in new areas and the meeting extraordinary people while doing so!
At
> least, that is how I has always seen it and how I need to remind myself to
> see it again!
>
> Once again, my apologies to everyone I came in contact with, everyone that
> helped me when I needed it most.  This, even more so, goes to the very
nice
> lady (I am sorry but I don't remember your name) that put up with me and
came
> to my assistance close to ride camp and far away from the marked trail
that
> she should have been taking to complete the ride!!!!  Thank you, thank
you,
> thank you!
>
> I also want to sincerely thank the ride manager who also handled the "you
> never want see" side of me very well, Hugh (the vet, like I need to point
> this out!  LOL) for his honest and helpful advice and, Judy and Carol who,
> not only brought my horses out to this event for me but listened to my
> ranting and raving when I was not at my best.
>
> That's all I wanted to say and hopefully now (not then) I am setting a
better
> example for those new riders that need to know that this "endurance crowd"
> are just fabulous people and, once again, it's all about the horse, not
you
> and I should know better!!
>
>
> Thank you all!!
>
> Ginger
>
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