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Re: [RC] [RC] The ultimate - norma birch


Everybody cross your fingers, because if there is a death of a horse on the President's Cup, we are all going to be scrutinized and judged. Sure hope that doesn't happen. Norma Birch






From: "Sandy Bolinger" <bolinger@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [RC]   The ultimate
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 07:00:23 -0700

This is been a wonderful discussion on ride camp...and then there is the President's Cup. I perfect illustration of the "two sides of the coin" is on Endurance Net's main page where there is a wonderful statement by a Mr. Frank Solano on the subject of taking care of our horses on an endurance ride. His very last sentence states "riders need to get a grip and understand that there is something more important than being fast." Then directly underneath that quote is the color add for the President's Cup.

Way's to ensure better protection of our horses:

1.Have races on absolutely flat courses so that the horses rarely get to use different muscles in the course of the event and riders can go all out the whole way.
2. Have races in the desert where the climate is extremely severe when it come to endurance.(Ray Randall once told me why that climate was so severe for the horses and it wasn't so much to do with the heat..can't remember exactly what he said.)
3. Have said race on sand footing for the entire distance. (extremely hard on horses legs regardless of packing it down)
4. Have race sponsored by individuals who have proven time again (ask Maryann) that they only care about there own ego gratification.
5. Offer a HUGE purse to the top finishing riders.
6. And most improtant. Broadcast the entire thing to a huge viewing audience...So the whole world can see, first hand, what a wonderful sport endurance is, and how much endurance riders love and have their horses' best interests at heart.

The President's Cup, to me, is so far removed from what I know as endurance, that it makes my skin crawl that it is even called an endurance ride. How I wish that some American would be interviewed on the Broadcast and state such.

I just hope that all goes well...and that nobody watches.



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