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Reining seems to be making it's way into the Olympics, certainly not an old 
"warfare" event.  Pretty flashy to watch though.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "k s swigart" <katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 12:08 PM
Subject: [RC] Endurance in the Olympics


> Paul Sidio said:
>
> > It has been stated many times that Endurance Riding
> > will never be an Olympic Sport.  The main reasons
> > given are that it is just too spectator and television
> > unfriendly.
>
> If you ask me, the main reason that endurance riding will never be an
> Olympic sport isn't that it isn't a spectator sport (and, btw, it still
> isn't a spectator sport even if you can sit in a stand and watch it, but
> that is beside the point); endurance will never be an Olympic sport
> because it isn't a human athletic endeavor and the IOC won't be adding
> an event that is the equivalent of giving out medals to horses.
>
> The other Olympic equestrian sports were included back in the days when
> there was still such a thing as mounted cavalry and the olympic events
> were, in many way, mock military trials.  The only reason the current
> equestrian events are included in the Olympics is ... tradition.
>
> > Unlike marathons, which can be run in urban
> > locations in front of thousands of spectators,
>
> Actually, marathons (which only take 2+ hours not 10+) aren't really
> spectator sports either and the only thing that anybody pays to watch in
> the Olympic marathon is runners crossing the finish line, and even that
> happens between the other events that the people are there really to
> watch...like the 100 m dash.  And, I contend, the only reason it is
> included is...tradition.
>
> kat
> Orange County, Calif.
> :)
>
> "If the end justifies the means, everybody is justified." John G. Beck,
> PhD
>
>
>
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