Re: new comers to the sport

[Truman Prevatt <truman.prevatt@netsrq.com>]

I guess in a situtation like you described I would have to ask "where were the
ride vets."  It is the responsibility of the ride vet to make the
determination of fit to continue.  Horse can an have been pulled at the finish
line.   I agree it is the riders responsibility to take care of this horse.
But it is the ride vets responsibility to insure a level playing field and to
insure only horses that are fit to continue receive completitions.


Truman

Shelley @ TRC wrote:

> I am greatly concerned about the influx of new riders to 50's in my region.
> I recently attended a ride where I was a spectator for the first time in a
> long time.
> After seeing several horses finish in the top ten, who had done less than 3
> 50's, and seeing their condition at the judging for BC, I am greatly
> disturbed with the attitude of our new generation of riders!!!!!!
> The race was a course record, so it was an extemely fast pace.  When your
> 1st or 2nd place horse come in 9th or 10th BC  I find it alarming.
> One of the riders who finished in the top 5 had their horse quit, just
> refuse to move, a mile from the finish line.  They had to lead their horse
> in after beating it  and they still came in top ten. Should a horse that
> refused to move on the triail even be given a completion.  Is it not, FIT
> TO CONTINUE????
> I am wondering how to educate these new riders.  How do we tell them it
> takes 2 to 3 years to properly leg up a horse to run up front???
> DO WE NEED MORE PEER PRESSURE???
> It is extemely frustrating for someone like myself , who has ridden
> endurance for so many years, watch these new riders self destruct their
> horses so blindly!
> I have tried to put on clinics to educate new riders, but how do you tell
> someone who just top tened a 25, that  they really do not know what they
> are doing??... They just top tened!!!
> These riders think a year of riding 25's qualifies themselves and their
> horses as ready to win a 50.
> Any  suggestions??
>

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Truman Prevatt
Brooksville, FL

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