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Yup, it's true!! Poor Carolyn had to listen to me roll my eyes and 
shake my head at the whole hullabaloo!!!

I can only IMAGINE what it would be like to also judge the rider!! 
Gives me the shakes just thinking about it!!! :-) :-) :-)

Sara

On Aug 22, 2005, at 6:29 PM, Carolyn Burgess wrote:

> Sara was scribing at an ECTRA ride, I rode that same
> ride and got to listen to her crab, crab, crab about
> the vetting (Sara knows I love her so I can say this
> about her :-), the nit picking and the time necessary
> to vet both in and out.  But what she doesn't know is
> that ECTRA only scores the horse, not the rider!  From
> what I understand some organization score like a
> judged pleasure ride, so equitation, tack, and rider
> are also part of the scoring.
>
> Carolyn Burgess
>
> --- Chris Paus <paus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Where are you geographically, Sarah. Was this a
> > NATRC ride?
> >
> > There are lots of varieties of CTR, depending on the
> > sanctioning organization. Some are not very picky at
> > all!
> >
> > chris
> >
> > Brian & Sara Minsk <ninemaplefarm@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > OK. Volunteered for my first CTR this weekend. I had
> > volunteered at two
> > endurance rides already. I'm a newbie that hasn't
> > competed yet and have
> > found that scribing has been a VERY educational
> > experience for me!
> >
> > Well, the ride manager, judge, vet, other
> > volunteers, and riders were
> > all FANTASTIC!!!! A super nice group of people that
> > I was glad to get
> > a chance to meet!
> >
> > But..........
> >
> > I don't think CTRs are for me. The majority of posts
> > I received to a
> > previous inquiry about CTRs Verse Endurance LD
> > seemed to favor me doing
> > CTRs to start. Well, no thank you!!! I mean no
> > offense when I say that
> > I just don't think CTRs are for me. I show already
> > and have enough nit
> > picking, subjectivity, thank you very much! LOL
> >
> > It was a LOOOOOOOOOONG day! It seemed to take
> > forever to go over all of
> > the little cuts, bumps, no hair patches, etc!!! My
> > hand started to
> > cramp at one point! I had so many bump marks on one
> > sheet that the
> > horse (morgan) looked like an Appaloosa when I was
> > done!!! Plus, not to
> > mention ALL of the trot outs with circles. Gees!!!
> >
> > A very interesting thing was noted too. Almost 98%
> > of the Arabians had
> > small (miniscule) heat bumps while the cold blooded,
> > thicker skinned
> > breeds were clean. Well, all the morgan, draft
> > cross, appaloosa types
> > just shone in the final exam due to their thicker
> > skin!! Most of the
> > top horses were not Arabians and the winner was a
> > draft cross! I saw a
> > lot of very thick horses (muscular) with very trappy
> > knee action just
> > clean up!! I am thinking that they might have a hard
> > time competing
> > over more ground and at a faster pace. But, who
> > knows! The horses that
> > were dull to start and trotted crappy with their
> > ears pinned back the
> > whole time placed well too because they were still
> > dull, trotting
> > crappy, and with their ears pinned back at the end
> > too!! Judging
> > comment...No change!!!!!! *grin*
> >
> > Now, after having volunteered at both, I think I am
> > definitely leaning
> > toward Endurance!! As I said, I get enough
> > subjectivity and nit picking
> > with showing!
> >
> > Everyone says that I will learn good horsemanship by
> > doing CTRs. Well,
> > guess what!! I have good horsemanship now (thanks
> > 4-H!!) so that
> > argument is lame!!! I don't need to learn good
> > horsemanship! I think
> > I'm ok there!!! Believe it or not but people can
> > acquire good
> > horsemanship through other ways than riding CTRs
> > (gasp)!!!!!! *grin*
> >
> > Plus, as I found out, if you ride a barefoot but
> > booted horse (which I
> > do) only one kind of boots are allowed.....easyboots
> > without gaiters.
> > Bummer. Those fall off so I use epics. Now what??
> >
> > I just found the whole process so tedious that I was
> > exhausted at the
> > end of the day and I wasn't even riding!! Can you
> > say Caffeine,
> > please!!! :-)
> >
> > I am in know way knocking the people that do CTRs. I
> > think to each
> > their own. I know that I am definitely leaning
> > toward endurance. The
> > riders and horses all seemed happy. Everyone had a
> > great time!
> > However, personally, I think I'll take endurance
> > anyday!
> >
> > Happy riding,
> >
> > Sara
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