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Lif Strand wrote:
> I have a couple of questions for all of you about awards.  Answer any or 
> all, as you please - but please do answer!
>
> 1.  Do awards make a difference as to whether you'd go to a ride or 
> not?  If so, what's the minimum type of award that makes the difference?
No and n/a

> 2.  Rides used to give out buckles for awards, but don't any more.  Is 
> it because they're too expensive and add a cost to the ride that riders 
> won't bear?  Or is it because riders don't care about buckles?
Way back when, most of us rode in jeans.  Nothing looks better on a pair of 
jeans than a beautiful, shiny buckle that also says you can REALLY RIDE!

> 3.  What about T-shirts?  Jackets?
T-shirts are okay but there is always the run-on-one-size problem.
Jackets?  You can't mean as completion awards.  If you do, they'd have to be too 
cheap to last 5 minutes.

> 4.  What's the best completion or other award you've ever gotten?  And 
> would you want to always be able to get an award like that?
A good quality horse sheet with my horse's name, name and date of ride and Best 
Condition embroidered on it.
For completion, a beautiful wine glass.
For always, I'd rather have a coffee mug.  You can always use another coffee 
mug.  Same for a hoof pick.

> 5.  What's the lousiest completion award you've ever gotten?  And if you 
> feel it was lousy, why?
There are no lousy completion awards.

> 6.  What's your recommendation for a perfect completion award?
My horse being a happy camper.  There ARE no other PERFECT awards.



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