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JIm Holland wrote;   "I won't do ANY ride that is
> FEI and AERC sanctioned.  The spring Biltmore is the closest ride to
> me...and I don't attend for the very same reason."

This reminds me of an admonition I'd hear from my parents when I said things 
like this:  "You're cutting off your nose to spite your face."

I guess what it all boils down to is how fond of those 100s we really 
are.....

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Holland" <lanconn@xxxxxxx>
To: "'Dreamweaver'" <nvrider@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <AERCMembersForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 4:05 PM
Subject: RE: [RC] 100 mile rides


> You're not the only one who feels that way, and  I will not attend a ride
> where they confine me to a tiny space to crew, my crew can't meet me on 
> the
> trail, I can't feed my horse in the vet line, and non-FEI riders are 
> treated
> as "second class citizens".  I miss that ride...but I will NEVER attend
> again as long as it is FEI sanctioned. Once was enough.
>
> Jim, Sun of Dimanche+, and Mahada Mgic
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dreamweaver
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 6:37 PM
> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: AERCMembersForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [RC] 100 mile rides
>
> I suppose I should have explained myself better when I posted the comment
> about not wanting to do an upcomig 100 because it is sanctioned AERC and
> FEI together.  I didn't intend for it to mean that I won't do a ride that
> is an FEI 100, because that isn't the case.  If Tevis were FEI sanctioned,
> it would not deter me from doing it.  Because, the Tevis is already 
> largely
> formatted and managed similarly to what the FEI standards are.  The reason
> I'm not attending the ride in question is because I don't think that it's 
> a
> good combination -- at least, some rides, and FEI are not suitable to be
> merged together.  I know I'm not making any sense, but I do think that the
> AERC and FEI both need to understand that it does not help either
> organization when they put rides together that are not suitable for that
> type of structuring.  I'm sure some of you understand.  If by virtue of a
> ride being sanctioned in this country dual FEI it meant that there were
> certain guaranteed ways the ride was going to be
> run/managed/marked/whatever -- and it is that way consistently, then that
> would completely change my feeling towards the whole issue.  Till then, 
> you
> can just call me a woos for not attending the next 100 that is coming up
> nearest to me.  :-)  Besides, somebody from the AERC organization needs to
> stand up to the FEI people and tell them that if we want to feed our 
> horses
> in the vet line, to butt out.  If I'm stuck waiting ten or fifteen minutes
> in each vet line four or five times in 24 hours and I'm not feeding my
> horse I'm an idiot.  Or at least my horse thinks so!
>
> Karen
> in NV
>
>
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