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[RC] another proposal - Steph TeeterJim - your comment regarding Top Ten and points is not quite true. You say: "Keep in mind that if you are not in the Top Ten, then AERC points are the same, whether you are 11th or 101st. " On the contrary, all of the Regional points awards are based upon weight division points, not overall points. If a rider is concerned about Regional awards, then overall Top Ten is arbitrary. Here's my proposal: (and I really mean this) Let's completely abolish the current point system. Almost every year-end award that AERC offers, and publishes monthly, encourages riders to go faster and farther and more often than their peers, and sometimes more often than the horse can tolerate, SIMPLY for the sake of a jacket or trophy. I am not opposed to racing (I LOVE to race, but have respect for it) on a day when my horse is prepared, and things are going well. The points and award system that we currently have encourages riders to race too often, again and again, because with each race they are accruing points towards that year-end jacket or trophy. How many of you have seen riders showing up with horses at the last rides of the year, trying to get those final points, those extra miles, that final BC? It can be sad to see sometimes. And very few of us are immune to the lure of the awards. Year-end points awards encourage us to ride for the wrong reasons. Let's get rid of the points system. Let each day, each ride/race, be the only determining factor for how we ride and what we ask of our horses. Steph =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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