Re: RC: Re: Today Show

[owens <owensall@sierratel.com>]

Dear Phil;
I'm not sure whether the Today show's exposure helped or hurt our sport,
but it was nice that Valerie's horses looked so good.  There are still
some uneducated people who believe endurance riding is a killer sport
where we ride malnourished, half-dead horses into the ground.  Just the
other day a friend of ours proudly mentioned while visiting a
horse-owning set of relatives that I do endurance riding.  They were
horrified and promptly told him what an awful thing endurance riding is
and how we hurt our horses, etc.  He calmly looked at them and mentioned
that my horses looked a lot healthier than theirs did, and that my
horses were probably the most fit, happy horses he'd ever seen.
Katee
> << ittle know sport.
>  We should be grateful for whatever positive national exposure we get even if
>  it is not as thorough as we would like to see.
> 
>  Marci Cunningham
>  Bakersfield CA
>   >>
> Marci,
> 
> You hit the nail on the head!!  It is amazing the response my wife and I get
> when people find out that not only do we have horses but we ride endurance
> too!!  In fact it is almost embarrassing when you are having dinner with a
> group and all the people want to talk about is horses and endurance. We often
> feel like we are dominating the conversation.  People are fascinated with
> horses.  It has to be a baby boomer thing!!  We are lucky enough to be living
> out the dream of many people.  I personally think this is going to be a much
> more recognized sport in the future.  You are going to see more and more
> sponsors get involved and open up the press on endurance riding.  Some people
> won't like the exposure but others will.  To me it is a very exciting time
> for this sport and any exposure we can is a plus.  And like golf, it is an
> individual (horse and rider) sport but the Pan Am and World team events make
> it even more exciting.
> 
> Phil Rash
> Spirit of the Mountain Farms
> 
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The public will believe the press implicitly, they always do.  It is so
much more convenient than thinking!  Baaaaaahhh.


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