well.... I think it gives an idea of where our sport is or could
be heading to in the future - so potentially relevant to all other
'endurance' countries?
I thought it might be interesting for some people to hear about a different
system and it's recent changes
apparently that's not the case
Pauline
Dans un e-mail daté du 01/06/2006 23:04:44 Paris, Madrid,
maryann.spencer@xxxxxxxxxxx a écrit :
does it really mean anything to us what the
french do????
> Currently BIG drawback of this system is that the french
federation > has > closed endurance competition to un
registered horses a couple of
> years ago
WHOA! So only
*registered* horses can compete in France? BUMMER. I know you guys have a
very serious breeding program but now this sounds as if the competitions
are only there to promote the breeding programs. What a drag.
Right off the top of my head here are a couple of horses who were
"minus papers"
Desert Ballad - He beat Pierez at the ROC, was I
believe 3rd at the Pan Ams at about age 19...many wins & BC's. When
his owner, Nina Warren was riding Ballad, Jedi...future World Champion,
was her *backup horse*. >g<
Whoa Jack- top 10 in
*several* World Championships. Had a tremendous record of wins and 100%
completion rate on 100's last time I looked.
I"m sure there are tons
more. What a pain for them to limit your riders like that. Any chance
a more grass roots level of competitions will appear to serve the "fun
rider"?
