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If you're referring to my comments about the finish of saturdays ft. valley, 
I was definately there. That was no sprint and the fact that you have two  
'great' riders ( or 50) is no excuse for endangering yourself, your horse, 
others and their horses, and the public at large. For what? A t-shirt and a 
stinkin bucket! Just for the record, the ride management announced legs of 
20 miles, 19 miles, 9 miles, and 1& 1/2 miles for a TOTAL OF 49.5. It may 
not have been a full 1 1/2 but it wasn't 300 yards either. If you've been 
riding as long as you say, you should be ashamed of yourself


> From: "goearth" <goearth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [RC]   Hawk will be back and Ft. Valley and Automatic 
> Sanctions
> Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 04:00:26 -0400
>
> Hello Mary,  I'm sure he and you both will be back.  That dreadful 3rd loop 
> is up Habron Gap and along the ridgeline where I first moved to the Valley 
> and trained for the GAHR.  Its harder and steeper to me than Indian Grave 
> Ridge which is longer but not as steep.  Horses that don't train on these 
> rocks would be greatly advised to wear pads as there are plenty of rock.  
> As for the 'Sprint' on the 1st day.  I doubt very seriously if the person 
> who questioned the finish was there and saw it.  He said/she said by those 
> that don't witness a situation can alter the facts and other people 
> opinions of those facts.  The 'Sprint' was only 300 yards or so because of 
> the Vet Check at Hickory Lane.  (A little history here...  back in the 80's 
> there was an 8 mile sprint between Linda Lawrence and me to the very same 
> finish on the OD 50.  Because there was no Vet Check at Hickory Lane it 
> created this set-up.  So the Vet Check worked and separated those that felt 
> compelled to race.  Linda won and I got BC and because I didn't have a 
> trailer there I rode BayMar home, which was another 10 miles)  When you 
> have a past World Champion and Jeannie Waldron who both want to win there 
> may always be sprints.  We can sit back in our rocking chairs in our 
> knitting sessions and discuss this til the cows come in but its not gonna 
> change people and their approach.  Personally, i think my racing days are 
> over and have been since i was hung from Jug Tree at the PAC in 95, but i 
> don't begrudge anyone else who finds this competitive desire within 
> themselves.  In reference to automatic sanctions...  AERC could not have 
> done any more to make me feel worse or punish me than I did myself, and if 
> he would have died, I would not have been back in any form.  (An analogy... 
> 7 horses die and people get their panties wadded up and move to Salem.  1 
> is too many, 7 is bad but its not the end of the world according to Chicken 
> Little.  Something good is going to happen here believe me because I 
> believe in the people on the Committee to find answers.  What gets me is 
> the 11,000 people that die directly from Global Warming a year and the WHO 
> expects the # to climb to  21,000 in 3.  Who speaks for these people?  
> Because they are from developing countries mostly, not many.  The droughts, 
> floods and fires are not Normal and you can believe me or not).  I don't 
> get into spitting or licking contests online, so anyone that would like to 
> discuss these viewpoints off-line I would be happy to respond.  tom sites  
> goearthatshentel.net

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