Re: [RC] National IAHA Championship on TV - MARYYG
In a message dated 11/8/2002 11:24:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, SandyDSA@xxxxxxx writes:
Look at the winning time for that race...It was something ridiculous like 8 1/2 hours for 100 miles.
WHAT?????? Oh GOOD GOD! What idiot is riding their horse at thsi kind of pace? If what you saw you saw - and of course, you wouldn't bring it up if you didn't - clearly that pace was profoundly idiotic - and cruel. I cannot imagine what I would tell MY horsey friends in that instance. 8 hours is a respectable finishing time for a lot of 50 MILERS!!!! I don't know about you guys but I am appalled.
s
First- the "so called idiot" is one of the top rider in this country, she was riding one of the top horses in the world.
Second- the pace was right on track for the top level of competition in which the riders and their horse had trained for, via a place on the USET Endurance squad going to Spain.
Third- you are "appalled" by what you and a your friends don't understand, you ride like you train and train like you ride. People have certain goals with their horses, which are not yours and your friends, so your emotion shows most of us that you envois deep down.
Fourth- until you experience that level of competition and try to achieve that level of performance from yourself and your horse, you really need to keep your thoughts to yourself.
Jaye
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