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RE: [RC] Fw: [RideManagers_of_AERC] Race of Champions? - heidi

Actually, what many liked was not a one-ride-winner-take-all.  That IS the current system, Truman.  So I'm not sure what it is you are complaining about.  With our one-ride "championship" (no matter how much hoopla Steph puts into it), there really ISN'T anything to differentiate an AERC champion from an FEI-style champion.  And some of us really DON'T like that sort of system.
 
I got in on this thread late, and didn't read some of the earlier posts--but the champions that most of us remember are the ones who were in our ride results all year long.  They were the ones who made "to finish is to win" a real motto--they could be the champion without ever being first place on a ride, simply by finishing more miles. 
 
I love a winner as much as the next guy--but a one-race winner to may of us is not a champion.  To be a real champion in this sport, a horse and rider need to persevere ("endure" if you will--what a concept!) for MANY miles, and still come home able to go again.  THAT is what the AERC used to be about--and that is one reason that it has lost its luster for many of us.
 
Heidi


And the same group of us like it just the way it is and would probably
vote against any director that voted to change it.

If you want a winner takes all - go do FEI. If you like the ROC so much
- start a winner take all big prize ride and call it something else.

Truman

rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> OK, the same group of us post in favor of this idea every year. It gets
> ignored. I suggest someone who knows how to do it start on on-line
> petition and find out how many people really are of this opinion since
> the board isn't going to change anything just for the group that posts.
>
>
> Angie  
>
>  


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