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>> 1. Eliminate the term "Limited Distance". Sanction any ride over 25 >miles >> as an "endurance ride". Any ride less than 25 miles is a FUN RIDE, not >> subject to AERC sanction. A Fun Ride may be held in conjunction with an >> endurance ride. There ain't no way that's gonna happen! Pay attention to the numerous posts pointing out what/how AERC defines endurance. 50 miles or more. Why would anybody want to change this? If somebody wants to ride endurance, then they need to enter an endurance ride. Not change the definition of what endurance is. Lower the standards, in other words. >> 2. First ten places (finishing) in each weight division = 50 points. >All >> other placing = 25 points. The reason people are complaining now, is about horses being raced and overridden to finish in the front. Adding points as a reward for top tenning is only going to make that worse. Unless the goal is to see how many horses we can kill in a year? >Finishing parameters should be the same as >50's >> and 100's with the exception of the recovery at the finish; 30 minutes. >> This should apply to any distance less than 50 miles. It already is this way. >> 3. Horse age should be the same as 50's and 100's , 5 years or older. >> (He believes this creates a good learning atmosphere plus will buy the 4 >> year olds another year. We will always have "ego racers". Why do 4 year olds need to have another year? Both of my horses did Limited Distance rides as 4 years old and it didn't cause them any harm. Why would you want to remove a good opportunity for young horses to begin to experience all the things they need to learn about when they begin doing endurance rides? This is one of example of what the Limited Distance program is so good for---a great place to start green horses. Not only that, but a horse of 5, 6, 7, or even 12 years old can be overridden in a 25 mile ride. >> sport, to preserve trails. The side benefit is to have as many people as >> possible say "I'm an endurance rider", "I want to help", "I'll give >money, >> time and energy to maintain or obtain trails". What is wrong with saying that you are a trail rider? I've got a lot of neighbors and friends who will support trails, but have no interest in doing any sort of ride over 5 miles in length. A lot of people who currently support AERC and regional organizations do not ride, however they contribute quite a lot. They don't need to be called endurance riders. >> .......My friend has a point: Have you ever heard of anyone bragging >about >> being a "Limited Distance" rider? I don't know very many endurance riders who 'brag' about being an endurance rider. I don't get the point here? > I personally have horses that have >many >> hundreds of miles of "limited distance" rides under their belt that have >> never gotten credit yet I paid my entry fees. Give the horse a carrot, he doesn't care. I've got a horse with hundreds of miles of endurance rides that has not gotten credit, yet I paid my entry fees and membership dues. Heck, Rocky did 575 miles last year and that wasn't good enough even for tenth place in my weight division in my region. >> in the same program. We would not have to have separate year-end awards >> for "limited distance" since points are points, mileage is mileage, and >> they all count. See my example above (575 miles, no recognition in 1 ride season)....if you put everybody together then there will not be a single rider in this country in Limited Distance (under 50 mile rides) receiving any sort of credit, recognition, etc. I don't believe that the LD National Mileage Champion did over 575 miles this last season, did she? Yet she was National Champion. My horse with the measley 575 miles didn't even warrant last place in anything. Just making a comparisson....wouldn't go throwing LD riders and Endurance riders into the same category. I think the current program is a good one. I think the AERC could try harder to educate new riders -- maybe suggest to ride manager's that they don't offer top ten or 1st place awards to Limited Distance riders. While I do understand the reasoning to giving the LD riders regional top ten awards...it really isn't going over well with many of the riders that regional top ten awards are not given to the 100 mile horses. Sort of seems like a backward incentive - start out in LD, get an award...move up to 100's and...get NOTHING. Happy Trails, Karen in NV & Weaver, 2,480 miles & Rocky, 1,175 :) www.greatbasin.net/~sportssaddle =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/RideCamp =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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