RE: [RC] riders set for 120km race - Susan E. Garlinghouse, DVM
Forgive the me too post, but I agree with Barbara 100%. I
doubt very much that continuing to associate with international will have any
influence whatsoever on how they want to race and destroy their horses (and
sorry, I’m not seeing that as a variable), and would greatly prefer not
to be tarred with the same brush. I dislike AERC resources going to
support it at any level and find the entire thing an abomination. I would
highly support AERC withdrawing entirely from anything to do with it, and
saying so as publicly and loudly as possible. The riders that want to
continue to compete internationally should do so under some other organization,
because this aint what I consider the sport I joined.
I’ll grump grump right along with Barbara. Sounds
like a reality check to me.
JMO.
Susan Garlinghouse, DVM
From:
ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Barbara McCrary Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 6:21 PM To: Bob Morris; 'Beth Walker'; 'Ridecamp' Subject: Re: [RC] riders set for 120km race
Assuming that big money has more
power than the voices of AERC, just why do we have to play this
game at all? Riding in foreign countries, riding with foreign riders,
started out to be pleasant and a fun interaction with folks from other
countries around the world. When did it become derailed and morphed into
what we are seeing now? If AERC's philosophy of riding with protections
for the horse cannot be imposed on USEF and FEI, I vote for pulling out
completely and telling the rest of the world that this is not the game we want
to play. And I don't care if others think this is sour grapes. We
feel differently about our horses...they are friends and companions, not
expendable machines. Grump, grump...
Oddly enough, I've been watching
this game going south since 1987...little by little by little.
