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Geez, Angie
Where's the "endurance horses for profit business???" I'll have to move 
there I guess cuz I sure as heck don't see it much in CA. Good thing I 
just enjoy my horses and have another source of income. Horse videos, 
anyone?? ;-)
Bette

Rides 2 Far wrote:
>  at the site now with his
>
> > Tevis/Haggin Cup winning horse. He will be riding in the race along >
>
> with a> few other American endurance riders and their horses.
>
> Yeah, I notice they invited some of our best mountain horses (winner of
> Tevis, OD, Vermont...)  Sort of like inviting a NASCAR driver to bring
> his car that's set up for Darlington to race at Daytona...but then...Oh
> yeah...we expect our championship races to be over rugged terrain.
>
> Their whole news release just screams for a rebuttal. They so desperately
> want Endurance to be an Olympic sport, but they set that bid back 10
> years with the disaster in Spain being sooo much in the spotlight.  Great
> press...two horses dead and a 16 year old rides a horse he'd never been
> on to be proclaimed the "World Champion" So now how can we improve the
> image by offering all comers a chance at a $50,000 pot? 
>
> I love the part in the release describing how dominant they are. My
> daughter was in here last night making a game out of checking the names
> of their winning horses, then finding them in an older issue ridden by
> Meg Wade.  
>
> Perhaps they should word the release:
>
> "Endurance racing is
> beginning to capture the public’s attention in the Middle East with so
> many
> riders from this region convincing top trainers from all over the world
> that everyone and everything has a price"
>
> I honestly don't have anything against them being in the sport. I hope
> they love it as much as I do...but I wish they'd just chill out, quit
> trying so hard.  Personally, I'm kinda waiting for them to give up on the
> Olympics and stop buying more horses than they can ride...then the bottom
> falls out of the "endurance horses for profit business" just like it did
> the Arabian Show Horse business back in the 80's. 
>
> Brother!
> Angie
>
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Bette Lamore
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