Re: [RC] New 30 minute rule for 50s - Long - Heidi Smith
>............ But I am very bothered by the vets
taking liberty to break rules, if it is indeed a rule, and I do think it
is.
>No, that's not legal.
>60 minutes for completion check, it's
in the rules.
>30 minutes for LD only.
>At least it was
applied to all competitors equally, and I also heard that it was announced
at the ride meeting, so riders had plenty of notice that they were planning
on conducting the completion check this way.
Uh, whatever happened to the concept that you
have to have standards at least as stringent as AERC's, but that an individual
ride can have standards MORE stringent, provided they are announced in
advance?? This is no different from a ride requiring horses be shod (AERC
does not require that), or not allowing younger riders at Tevis, or SERA
having a no-riding-until-you-turn-8 rule. Now, if they had allowed
an hour and a half, THAT would be unacceptable, as it is less strict than
"the rules."
