Re: RC: New Motto?

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/20/99 2:07:01 PM Pacific Standard Time, lb@nismat.org 
writes:

<< Winning is winning. >>

There ARE different kinds of winning, though.  For instance, you can "win" 
the year-end mileage championship without ever winning a single ride.  
Likewise, you can "win" a seasonal points championship by just finishing a 
lot of rides near the front.  So you have to define what it is that you want 
to win.

As we get into FEI competition, the win at the Big Event does become more 
important.  Again, there are different sorts of competition even within that 
competition--with the exception of our own Wendy Merendini, I don't think ANY 
members of any of the team medal winners were even in the Top Ten.  (Could be 
wrong there, but you get the drift.)

I agree with the AERC motto, but I'd like to reiterate the "altered" version 
that we kept chanting as our mantra in Dubai (and that someone else has 
already shared)--"To Finish First, First You Have To Finish!"  With the pull 
percentage being far higher at these high profile rides, I think many riders 
occasionally forget that.

Heidi


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