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Re: [RC] New Horse Goals - Heidi SmithHaving taken out my handbook, it is for a first-year horse that has never done any LD or endurance, and it is for the most 50-mile+ rides consecutively completed within a season. Last year, the horse than won did 9 rides - fairly slow. While I'm not at all criticising last year's winner, I don't agree with the award in general because I don't think it's a smart thing to encourage people to put a new horse in a lot of rides the first year. There is a sophmore horse award that's the same thing but for 2nd year horses, and I don't have any problem with that one. Thanks, Drin and David, for setting me straight. And I agree with what David said above--I hate to encourage the first year horses to space the rides closer together. Angie, in response to your reply--I guess I don't equate "goals" with "awards." I don't expect there to be awards for the goals I set for my first year horses. I agree that I would not want an award for "participation" that did not engender some set level of accomplishment. (PNER has one of those, too--a certificate for doing at least 250 miles in one season on one horse.) Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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