[RC] AHA Ride Manager Requirements - mkrumlawHello All, Just thought I would clear up some confusion... Anyone interested in having their endurance ride recognized by AHA for sweeps points needs to send $20 and a completed application at least 30 days prior to the ride to the AHA office for approval. You must do this for each distance wishing to be recognized. LD rides DO NOT count. It's the assumption of the AHA office that the ride manager be a member of AHA and a steward is required. The rules defining AHA Endurance Recognized rides exist in Chapter 16, specifically article 1611. For the record it does not state either of these requirements. So I feel those requirements could be challanged. There was another post stating you were required to present different awards and BCs if you have the ride recognized. This is completely untrue. The only time this is a requirement is if you are holding an AHA National or Regional ride. An open recognized ride considers all horses starting the ride regardless of breed or sweepstakes designation. So if you were to have the ride recognized, and 50 horses started the ride, and the first Arab across the finish line was the 5th place horse, the Arabian would get the 5th place points. This *is* different than the regional events. Though many are blasting AHA for this change, if you go back and review points earned during the year, most distance horses would do better under this system. Hope this helps, Mollie Krumlaw-Smith --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using MailMan provided by Good News Internet Services http://www.goodnews.net/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by IntelliBlock MailScanner, www.intelliblock.net and is believed to be clean. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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