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I think part of the problem with these races, is that the glory goes  
to the rider, not the horse.  In the world of horse racing, when  
Secretariat and Pharlap and Sea Biscuit and all those great horses  
won races and set records - the headlines were about the horse... not  
the jockey.

Not to diminish the skill of the rider/trainer - and Al Balushi is a  
consistent top performer - but if the headline was 'Arabian horse  
Charlandre El Sharif sets world record on 100 mile course'  - and it  
was the horse in the winners circle instead of the rider on the  
podium - then maybe the public  could get behind these efforts a  
little more.

Steph


On Jan 12, 2008, at 9:17 PM, rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> >>
>  I think I'll start deleting these threads. There's nothing about them
> that makes me happy, inspired, motivated, or have the urge to "live
> vicariously" in them. Just kind of a sick feeling.
>
> Angie

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