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[RC] Mongol "Dream Team" of participants - Melissa MargettsI chatted with Kathleen at the AERC office today. She confirmed and updated some of the records of a few of the riders (Yes there are others too of course but these were just the people I know.) that I was using as examples last night, of people who could be considered the "Best-of-the-Best" that I would cheer for and bet on as, "Dream Team" participants and ambassadors for the sport in a ride like the Mongolian Race or ANY endurance horse race in the WORLD for that matter! Yep these ARE people to look up to and follow their extraordinary lead. They have an amazing number of miles of completions with incredibly few pulls, which shows they are tough, know how to pace, read their horses and take care of them for many, MANY miles.....Sadly, some of them are not riding any more but their records speak volumes to us rookies who will always be trying to "figure it out". Some of these riders, "ride for the RACE" and try to finish at the front of the pack and others "ride for the RIDE" and are content to spend every hour available in the saddle, some spend very little time in the saddle because they're always running! Either way, if you look at their records you can't deny what experience, patience and brains will get you. The AERC sure DOES have some World Class riders that CAN be considered the "Best-of-the-Best".Please email to ridecamp some of your ledgendary rider role-models, especially some of the names of International riders with incredible records of consistent completions that we maybe haven't heard of very often here. Tribley Pederson with 60,725 miles! 1059 rides with 1042 completions and only 17 pulls 76 100's completed Les Carr with 46,810 miles 777 rides with 763 completions and only 14 pulls 83 100's completed Dave Rabe with 44,982 miles 879 rides with 825 completions with 54 pulls 52 100's completed Crockett Dumas with 33,190 miles 524 rides with 507 completions and only 17 pulls 69 100's completed Ruth Waltenspiel with 30,242 miles 454 rides with 414 completions with 40 pulls 1 100 completed Julie Suhr with 30,087 miles 460 rides with 441 completions and only 19 pulls 34 100's completed Steve Rojek with 18,550 miles 275 rides with 245 completions and 30 pulls 110 100's The 100 mile king! Christoph Schork with 18,095 miles 361 rides with 330 completions and 31 pulls 23 100's Melissa Ribley with 17,580 miles 266 rides with 258 completions and only 8 pulls!!! 42 100's =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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