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If anyone doesn't believe that riding endurance is a human sports event 
as well, stop riding for a couple of years and then go on even a couple 
 hours ride. Anyone ever had even one muscle group that wasn't sore 
after that?!!!
Bette

CMNewell wrote:
> > One more issue I have with endurance as an Olympic
> > sport is that the Olympics are for HUMANS and
> > endurance is NOT a human sport.  None of the equine
> > sports are human sports.  We do not test the human's
> > athletic abiliies; we test the equine's abilities.
> > So, why are ANY equine sports in the Olympics?
>
>
> Not that I care if endurance ever gets into the Olympics, but there were 
> equestrian events in the ancient Greek games, so I certainly think they 
> have more place there than synchronized swimming or that damned ribbon 
> twirling nonsense.
>                       --CMNewell
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Bette Lamore
Whispering Oaks Arabians
Home of 16.2h TLA Halynov
who lives on through his legacy
Hal's Riverdance!
http://www.arabiansporthorse.com

Always remember: "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, 
but by the moments that take our breath away." (George Carlin)



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