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[RC] re: Why we don't need de- elevators (and Frank S) - Cindy CollinsFrank, I remember why I adore you! As ever, you said it perfectly. So, here's to you...one of the very best companions one could wish for on a 100 mile ride. Cindy (nineteen one day 100 mile completions, and many DNFs which were all excellent learning tools) 100's have already been "dumbed" down, the rides are called 75, 50, 30, 25, Fun Rides, Staying at Home and Riding 'Round and 'Round in Circles, Going Online and Talking About Riding Horses, and so forth. There are some who, after preparing to go to an endurance ride for weeks or months, having loaded the trailer with all the tack and feed needed, and then, something comes up and they can't go, would want to obtain a veterinary certificate stating that their horse COULD HAVE gone to an endurance rider and done 50/100 miles, but now, due to circumstances which have nothing to do with the horse, can't. So, the vet could then certify that the horse was fit and OBVIOUSLY "looked" like he could have done a fifty or a hundred and, perhaps, the AERC should consider counting the miles of conditioning it took to get the horse this fit and, perhaps, add those miles to the horse's history and the rider's history. DEFINING criteria for a ride and MEETING the criteria for that ride is integral in DEFINING that ride. Endurance ain't no carousel ride. Frank =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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