Re: [RC] Awards, the horse's perspective - Becky Rohwer
I wonder if AERC should refuse to recognize any
top ten placement for the same horse more than once within a 30 day
time frame to protect that horse from abuse?
Just because a horse top tens often doesn't necessarily mean it is being
abused. Sometimes a top ten rider may have done a 7 hour 50 but slipped
into top ten because of pulls ahead of them or maybe they are in top ten
because there just weren't that many riders in the distance they rode. I
just finished a 75 recently in top ten. Took 2nd place and last place at
the same time. There were only 3 of us and one was pulled at 50
miles. AERC would have to know all the circumstances of the top ten
before they just refused recognition just because the horse top tenned more
than once in a 30 day period. Nope, not a good idea.
