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[RC] National Championship Award - rides2farThe AERC already has an award similar to the nomination that some have suggested. An award that I think is far more prestigious than any of the others. The annual Partners Award I think the Pardner's award is for more of a lifetime or "career of the horse & rider team" type time frame. It's a great salute and I'd *love* to qualify in people's minds to get that someday, but I don't think of it the same as I would a "horse of the year". I also wouldn't necessarily look at the horse that had the most points accumulated in a year as the best, some may just run their horse too often in small races and be rewarded with lots of points. I'd rather consider a horse whose rider chooses high goals then strategically peaks the horse for those rides, while still competing well in other rides. Now, if a horse won 1st & BC at Biltmore & 1st & BC at OD, and then competed the rest of the year with good finishes that would put them in the running...then there's the ones out west who accomplished the equivalent in your toughest. Biggest challenge I think would be trying to compare the two with each other...east/west. There have been some great horses who just consistantly turned in superior performances. Look up the record of Whoa Jack sometime. I think we need to consider him for the Hall of Fame. If we'd had a "Horse of the Year" award, he's one lots of you haven't heard of who could have won it. Angie ________________________________________________________________ Speed up your surfing with Juno SpeedBand. Now includes pop-up blocker! Only $14.95/ month - visit http://www.juno.com/surf to sign up today! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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