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I agree wholeheartedly with you, Barbara. But isn't there a happy (sensible)
medium to be achieved reference crewing? What you describe sickens me as
well. I remember the heated discussions here on ride camp last year about
this very subject. And I think that is the reason so many of us have very
strong feelings about FEI and the direction it seems to be heading (or
dragged).
Pat
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barbara McCrary" <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Deanna German" <finishis2win@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "RIDECAMP" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] Riding Cavalry


> I have been stunned by scenes of vehicles driving along with the
> competitors, spraying the horses with water and offering sustenance to the
> riders.  To me this is NOT endurance riding and I'm saddened to see FEI
> rides disintegrate into such events.
>
> Barbara
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Deanna German" <finishis2win@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <horsecamping@xxxxxxxxx>; "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 9:06 AM
> Subject: [RC] Riding Cavalry
>
>
> > > Have endurance rides in 25, 50 and 100 miles -- but the horse and rider
> are
> > > a team.  No pit crews.  That's what I said, NO pit crews.
> > Bonnie, impose a "time window" with a scoring system based on condition
of
> > the horse rather than making it a race and you have a sport called
> > "competitive trail riding". One of the challenges of CTR is the rider
> having
> > to do everything -- it's exhausting!
> >
> > You did cause some neurons to connect for me, however...
> >
> > I would love to see FEI and international competitions conducted purely
as
> > cavalry events. How fast would that get rid of the "jockeys"? >g<
> >
> > Deanna
> >
> >
> >
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