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Question...how would one make endurance a true spectator sport? That seems to be the big question...

I can't imagine anyone wanting to ride 50+ miles on a track the size that would accomidate spectators.

 

Lori

Terry Banister <ebeyrider@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

And besides being awkward to follow, endurance is not PRETTY

> From: kskf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [RC] A perfect illustration
> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 17:11:54 -0600
>
> I am planning on getting a couple endurance tickets but the fact is, how
> much of the event will we be able to see? You get a day of dressage, you get
> to see every horse/performance. I'm not sure what there is to see in WEG
> endurance but for $25 I am willing to gamble ;-)
>
> Kristen
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-
> >owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of k s swigart
> >Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 4:27 PM
> >To: Ridecamp
> >Subject: [RC] A perfect illustration
> >
> >For anybody who would like to have a perfect illustration of a good
> >reason that endurance will never be an Olympic sport, I provide you with
> >the following price list that was sent to me as a USEF member with an
> >opportunity to reserve tickets for the 2010 WEG in Kentucky.
> >
> >The Deposit prices, per series ticket, are:
> >
> >Opening Ceremonies $75
> >Dressage $375
> >Vaulting $250
> >Eventing $200
> >Jumping $375
> >Driving $150
> >Reining $300
> >Para-Equestrian $75
> >Endurance $25
> >
> >With the next cheapest event (the opening ceremonies) being three times
> >the price of endurance, and the biggest draw events (dressage & show
> >jumping) being 15 times the price of endurance, the fact of the matter
> >is, there is nothing in endurance riding that many people consider worth
> >paying to see.
> >
> >This does not an Olympic sport make.
> >
> >kat
> >Orange County, Calif.
> >:)
> >
> >"Le meilleur que je sais les hommes le plus que j'aime mon
> >cheval."--Catherine the Great
> >
> >
> >
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