Re: Top ten BC

["Bonita B. Young" <corky@foothill.net>]

Amen!!  I have been involved in endurance riding since 1976.  I started out on an
Appaloosa and graduated to arabs (evan road a mule for a number of years).  I have
have toped tened and even won a ride and best conditioned.  I am no longer in
shape to do that again but I still love endurance riding.  Endurance is what ever
you want it to be!  After all this is a race, maybe only to a few riders but it is
still a race. Personally I don't care if I come in first or last just so I
finish.  I go for the adventure and the trails to each his own!

BMcCrary27@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 9/16/98 6:16:19 PM Pacific Daylight Time, DVeritas@aol.com
> writes:
>
> << I always wanted AERC to do away with any award of any kind.
>      Man, did my wife and her friends think I was crazy! >>
>
> Many years ago, at a BOD meeting, I suggested we do away with awards of any
> kind.  I received almost a standing ovation from my fellow board members!
> Yes, we were having arguments on the subject of awards then, and I guess we
> always will.  Yet the competition factor is something that gives many riders a
> goal.  A lot of riders probably would not ride endurance without that goal.
> Many of us would -- ride just for the fun of it -- but humans are competitive
> creatures, just as animals are, and I believe we need to aim always upward to
> achieve personal growth.  It would save AERC a lot of money not having to buy
> awards, but I'll bet our membership would fall off radically.  The beauty of
> this sport is that it allows us all to ride in whatever manner we desire --
> for fun, for glory, for good health, for adventure .....
>
> BMc