I only started because someone was nice enought to lend me a horse and help
me get to the rides to compete! But it's true, I hardly see anything in the
AHW, or any other Arab publication or in fact any other magazine. About once
a year, Equus runs stuff, but then there isn't any schedule or who to
contact in an advertisement after the article-maybe a "if you would like
more info" line, but I never call those, I respond better to nice ads. I did
see all the Valerie Kanavy and also the Remingotn Steele articles,but those
were far apart. AHW does do a thing on the TEVIS, but nothing else-and
certainly I haven't seen the ROC in there. It's all whether the horse was a
show horse or not to begin with. It seems amazing even to people in my local
AHA chapter that I could even conceive of racing my horses! Although it's
gottne a little better.
Soapbox off
I know that endurance people are differnet that way-they use and enjoy their
horses, and probably take the best care possible by letting the horse be a
horse-I guess tha's what I like about this the most.
I too would like to see more ads.
I think that maybe raising the sanctioning fee might be a better way-we
honestly said, well, we have enough money to join AERC, but not VAHA.
Anyway, the ride managers out there would know better, and I may kick myself
in ten years for saying such a thing...
I tell everyone I know about it when I hear the typical " I haven't met an
Arab yet that could be trusted" and invite them to come out and either see a
ride or come ride mine with me.
It does make a difference! People seem to have a warped view of
Arabs-especially b/c of the way they are expected to act in the
halter ring. PUKE.
I wager the same to be true of Saddlebreds, QHs and Apps, and racing TBS.
Gwen
> we are, who we are and when we will be there. People that don't ride but
> love horses would come to watch, cheer or maybe even volunteer for
> something! I'll get off my soapbox for a moment then, and see you at
> Sunland ( With my heater on full blast after last year)
> BECHACK
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