[RC] To Limit or not to limit the number of rides - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: Jody Rogers-Buttram jody.buttram@xxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== I have tried to stay in a neutral position on most ideas that are brought up on ridecamp. I really don't like to have people jump on me thru emai. But I will speak up on this one. To limit the number of rides that a rider can attend in a specified time limit to ME is just not the answer. You will have people out there who will still run them to death...if they are that kind of person. OK, I am one of the "old timers" that may not like change. Have done this sport for 25 years. Rode the same horse most of those years. Should we also limit how old the horse is that we ride???? That could be some form of abuse... couldn't it??? Look people, if you want to really help the horse, do something about the ones out there that are racing and selling and KILLING them in the process to promote. I wrote to the BOD here a while back, just over this issue. That if AERC wants to really work for the Welfare of the Horse, stop the ones that are repeat offenders!!! For goodness sake, we have member(s) that have killed several horses. But oh, they have 1000's of miles and compete at FEI levels. That is crap people. AERC...put your money where you mouth is. BOD, you do something to help the horses. Talk is cheap. Knowledge/clinics are good.... put punishment will last longer. If they leave the sport...good for the rest of us. We don't need their kind making our wonderful sport look bad. Do we really want to have PETA on us??? It has taken a very long time to get to the point where our horses and us are not looked down on by the rest of the horse community. Jody Rogers-Buttram AERC #1114 (go ahead...look it up people) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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