Re: RC: New Motto?

[DVeritas@aol.com]

It's interesting to me, but when I first laid eyes on the motto, "To Finish 
Is To Win", it struck me that the "contest" was between my horse and the 
TRAIL.  If I did not finish (which has happened), then the trail "won" (be it 
for whatever reason (usually something I lacked and not my horse who just 
tried to do my bidding).
    American Endurance RIDE Conference.
    Any Endurance Rider Can.
    (I would love to "race," but unfortunately, I've never felt I had the 
horse, or if I had the horse, maybe I felt I hadn't conditioned him properly 
to "race," or he was too young, or whatever.)
    "Winning" is winning, of that there is no doubt.  And when I see someone 
do it with talent, grace and an awesome mount, I marvel.
    And when I see someone finish first at the expense of the future of their 
horse, I don't consider it "winning."
    It is something else.
    Merry, merry,
         Frank.


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