Re: LD question

[Chris Paus <paus@micoks.net>]

NOt all CTRs use the "judging" rules that NATRC does. Ouir organization in
Kansas gets quite a few disenchanted NATRC riders just because of that.
They can do a nice long trail ride, get good prizes but not be judged on
phony obstacles or how they ride or cross streams.

chris paus and *

At 12:52 PM 4/3/98 -0700, Stephanie Wind wrote:
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>Heidi said:
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>"When you apply minimum times, you essentially have CTR's, and the more I
>see
>and the more I hear on this forum, the more I believe that we should be
>abandoning LD's in favor of CTR's anyway. "
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>I would like to comment on this as someone who did many years of NATRC,
>started LD and graduated to endurance. I will not EVER go back to CTR
>because of the 'obstacles' and human judging!!!!! While appropriate in some
>cases, these 'obstacles' often put the riders AND the horses through undue,
>unnecessary, and unlikely stressful situations. I also do not believe that
>it is important to have all horse tied a certain way (my stallion can UNTIE
>the NATRC approved knot) overnight, etc. My biggest beef is the 'forward
>progress' rules. Most know what I mean, so I won't recount them all.
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>Point here being - LD with time frames is NOT the same as CTR.
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>Thanks for letting me climb on the soapbox... :-)
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>Stephanie Wind McCray , Vic (the wonder-stud), Rose, and Nora (future
>champion)
>Tucson  AZ  
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