I am beginning to lean towards the professional/amature status for
endurance riders with a stiff qualification needed to reach professional
status. If a rider has to put in many miles, for example 250 miles of
50 mile rides and another 200 miles of 100 mile rides, before they can
become "professional" and ride in the big bucks ride, then maybe we
can weed out those who would over ride their horse for the money.
Also, I think a horse and rider combination need to have ridden before
on at least one 100 ride. No catch rides for the money rides. This
would be a hardship on foreign riders coming over here, I know, but
I just don't like the idea of having a rider start a 100 mile ride on
an unknown horse. Or of having a horse have to face that 100 miles with
a rider who doesn't know what the horse is capable of.
In the above, all rides must be completitions.
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