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Fw: [RC] LD Riders "Trail Trash" - Kathy CopelandExcuse me but on a ride we were called " Trail Trash". Think what you want to but it was done. I may be a lot of things but a liar is not one of them. I totally agree that a LD is not "endurance" and have never agrued that. I don't feel like a second class citizens and I would say as a whole everyone treats us LD riders totally fine and fair it is as always just a few and most of them seems to lurk on ridecamp. It might not happen at a ride very much but it does happen all the time on ridecamp. Look at this weeks post. We actually think the whole thing is funny about being called Trail Trash and that is why we worked it into our new motto.
Team Slow Poke
Kathy Copeland
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From: Barbara McCrary <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: Kathy Copeland <ponyup1@xxxxxxxxxxx>; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, November 9, 2007 9:32:40 AM Subject: Re: [RC] LD Riders "Trail Trash" Excuse me, but who ever called LD riders "Trail Trash?" I don't think anyone ever did. All we are saying is that it's a bit too easy to over-ride a horse on a LD ride because some riders feel it is possible to race the shorter distance. Some horses might do it just fine, and others might not. Therefore, it is my opinion, and that of others, that incorporating timing into a LD ride may be a dangerous thing to do. If a BC is offered, and it is offered to the top ten riders, it is very easy to see that time element comes into play.
I've heard this "you're treating us like second class citizens" thing for so many years, I'm sick of it. No one can belittle you without your permission. You're obviously proud of riding LD. I was proud of riding LD last August, after having been away from endurance riding for 3 years. I'm old, arthritic, and out of condition, but I don't care and I had a blast on that LD ride. My horse is new, I thought unconditioned (but he fooled me), and I was experimenting to see how it went. It went fine, and I don't feel belittled one bit for having done "only" 25 miles.
I think LD riders need to get over their feeling that longer distance riders are belittling them. I'm not convinced it's happening. AERC is just trying to protect horses that are not ready for racing from riders who are inexperienced.
That said, the by-laws state that "an endurance ride is defined as not less than 50 miles." So...what's wrong with that?
Barbara
In a grumpy mood about revisiting this same old argument that I lived through all the years I was on the board.
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