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I'm in agreement with Heidi on this one.  It ain't just marketing, 
hence I won't sign the petition.

Lynne
two ridecamp posts in one day <ding!>  limit reached

On Jul 13, 2004, at 12:01 PM, <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > There were only 47 people from ridecamp who signed it--- ironic as the
> > majority of the signatures has come from non-endurance riders (even
> > though the most of the issues that went into the letter addressed
> > concerns of endurance folk).
> > Interesting....... if you have feedback re: this you can email me
> > privately so as not to clutter up ridecamp with peripheral matters,
> > although this letter started out as a means to make the wishes of many
> > ridecampers known.

<snip>
> > And thanks to the knowledge and support of an increasingly educated 
> > riding
> public, those breeders who ARE producing such a product are once again
> gaining ground, from what I have observed.  I recently received a post
> from another breeder of good,solid athletic horses who does not
> particularly happen to market to endurance, but she had made a 
> statement
> to AHA to the effect that she was seeing a MUCH higher education level
> among buyers looking for sport horses in general, who have finally
> realized that they CANNOT find what they want in the show barns.  THAT 
> is
> the message that AHA needs to hear--the fact that the people who want 
> to
> actually ride Arabian horses have to struggle to FIND horses worth 
> riding,
> in the aftermath of the breeding practices of the past few decades.
>
> So, that is why MY signature is not on the petition.  Bette's
> protestations notwithstanding, it has nothing to do with personalities,
> bloodlines, or any such thing.  The letter simply does not say what I 
> feel
> needs to be said--both from the perspective as a rider and from the
> perspective of a breeder trying to breed horses that possess the 
> qualities
> necessary to be safely and pleasantly ridden, as well as those 
> qualities
> that will enable them to get around an endurance course with ease.
>
> Heidi


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