A lot
prettier than a bunch of hairy-legged marathoners or sweaty cyclists. No harder
to follow, either. I'm waiting for someone to post a video taken with a
helmet cam.
-----Original Message----- From:
ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Terry Banister Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 3:32
PM To: Kristen A Fisher; 'k s swigart'; 'Ridecamp' Subject:
RE: [RC] A perfect illustration
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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