[RC] ok, reconsidering the cost of rides - Marlene Moss
I’ve been thinking about this some more.I actually don’t have a huge
problem with $80-85 for a 50 – especially hearing that some areas are
even higher!My bank account might
have a problem with it, but I don’t have a conceptual problem because I
do see the value in the close attention from vets and all of the work that goes
into the ride and the overall experience.
I was more shocked learning that some LD rides were also
$85.I am working with several newbies that I want to bring to their first events which
will be LD – because the horses are young, they’ve just started in
the last month etc and I know that $85 will be surprising to them.One person would have been choosing
between a fun ride and LD and I suspect that she will have to do the fun ride
as she is the owner of a non-profit org that is being forced to move and money
is very tight.
But on the other hand, with all this discussion of so many
people doing LD as a career, then it must be tougher on ride management if they
are not getting as many 50 mile entries.And maybe a proper response is to increase the LD fee to close or the
same, so more people will think they might as well just ride the 50.I know a couple of people that have
already made that decision.Hopefully of course everyone can make that decision based upon horses
that are indeed ready for a 50!But
my point is that I’ve reconsidered my “shock” and don’t
mean it as a complaint.
I was wondering if there is some forum to try to match up
sponsors with rides that need more sponsors that could be set up. Since my business is primarily saddle
fitting, I’m pretty limited in area to donating services, but I am
working on a couple products that would enable me to support some rides with
products. I’d be just as
happy to do that for lower profile rides that haven’t found good sponsors
for awards, so it could be kind of cool to have a site where people could offer
stuff and ride managers could ask for stuff. Steph, John – any merit to this
that could be done on endurance.net??
