RE: VT 100 & over riding

["Salim Nice" <salim@endurancehorses.com>]

Personally, I agree with Bob Morris.

All of you complaining that endurance competitions are becoming public
displays of animal brutality need to stop and think before you start
trumpeting the POLICING of endurance competitions.

Do you think that people who conducts themselves so poorly as to NEED
supervision during an endurance competition are EVER going to care what a
Steward has to say?  What do you think the neighbors think when they see
this type of person trashing their horse on local conditioning rides?  I
guarantee you these people spend much more time out on the local trail
conditioning than they do riding at endurance events. What do you think they
say when asked, "What are you training for?"  You Guessed It, "Endurance
Riding."

If you think an endurance ride generates bad P.R. think what kind of
impression these people make on their countless conditioning rides between
endurance competitions.  Are you going to want Stewards in our Parks and
Forests... Maybe you should write your Congressman!!!

Also, I don't see anyone pointing their fingers at the Ride Managers that
held these events during these extreme conditions.  What do you suggest we
do to police them?

Just my $.02

salim nice


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