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Jwarren04	They have outdone themselves..again!!	Lead	[-]
WGC Posts: 799 (07/21/08 15:09:48) Amatuer Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None Just when you think that the great minds in charge of SSHBEA can't possibly do anything else more stupid than they already have... they blind -side ya with something like this gem! What is a Tennessee Trailrider? What makes them an oddity as compared with trailriders from the other 49 states? I swear, we got the SSHBEA newsletter and there it was: A note about voting.....voting, mind you.... for a Tennessee Trailrider ...of the Year...yet. And apparently they come in male and female versions, as well as a group of them that must ride clad only in overalls. Are you to vote on the horse, .. the trail rider. or the overalls? Ahhh, here is a category for out-of-state-trailrider. I guess someone who takes off on a trail ride and leaves the state of TN? I suppose this would be easy for those who live around Chattanooga. You could go up Pigeon Mtn and ride out of the state, into either Georgia or Alabama! What if you know of a trailride that rode plumb out of Ga over into Florida? That can happen down south of Vladosta. Or, does the trail ride have to start out in TN and go out of state? Man, no wonder AQHA is such a tiny little association! I bet those dummies never even thought of having categories just for Texans, and another for all of the rest of the world. I wonder if KMHA knows to have Kentucky-only categories and WGCs, etc, and another all-the rest-of the world category? I bet they will after they see what SSHBEA is doing! So will the good folks in Ava, Mo! Hey, I swear, I know a lot of people have been talking about how badly there needs to be a total overhaul of SSHBEA and its leadership, rules, judging, DQP etc., but man, will we lose some quality comedy entertainment if that happens! John
SpottedInDixie		#1	[-]
WGC Posts: 805 (07/21/08 15:56:54) Stickhorse Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	It's about damn time someone else noticed that...................... We laughed until we just sat looking at one another saying "What the heck???"
Box Stables	Tennessee Trail Riders	#2	[-]
Stickhorse Posts: 102 (07/21/08 20:25:49) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Sorry Ashley, I told you on another post I would hush but that was before I read this. This is such BS! If SSHBEA is a national organization how can they have a Tennessee Female Trailer Rider of the Year, Tennessee Male Trail Rider of the Year, Tennessee Overall Trail Rider of the Year? Can someone from the trail pleasure committee or BOD please get on here & explain this?
walkin45		#3	[-]
Leadline Posts: 240 (07/22/08 05:04:57) Stickhorse Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I for one, go all over trail riding, as do a lot of folks. There are people who ride the AQHA rides that go to every state to ride. And yes, I ride the AQHA rides also. I have been like 6 weeks riding so far this yr. I also keep the hour logs for my 2 horses for sshbea and 1 for twhbea.
SpottedInDixie		#4	[-]
WGC Posts: 805 (07/22/08 05:30:20) Stickhorse Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Brenda, I like it better when you are vocal......... How can they? They just DO it. It's not the Trail Pleasure Committee that needs to answer this, it's the Sport Horse Committee. Let me rephrase that, they don't NEED to answer, we all really know what the answer is. They SHOULD answer it and perhaps give us their side and spin on things.
jbcolts		#5	[-]
Amatuer Posts: 410 (07/22/08 08:00:57) Youth Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I am not 100% sure about this -- but I don't think we created this as a BOD. I think it is a sport horse thing...I could be wrong. The first time I saw it was in the newsletter, but to be frank I didn't notice the detail about "TN" trailrider... I bet Jana could clear this up?
Jwarren04		#6	[-]
WGC Posts: 799 (07/22/08 08:34:26) Amatuer Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I would NOT want to even try for the Overall Trail rider award.. no matter what kind of trophy they gave. These things are very uncomfortable to even walk or sit in.. they give me wedgies! It would be sheer torture to have to trail ride in them. I do not think this was a good idea at all. Gaited horse people , esepcially from that area, already have a "Deliverance", hill-billy stereotype attached to them. I do not think promoting riidng horses while wearing overalls is a good PR move. I agree with some of the other comments, too. Truly, SSHBEA has evolved ( or, de-volved) now, to just a local, county saddle club. Worse yet, a saddle club restricted to just one breed of horse. No, make that one particular color pattern of one breed of horse. John
MandoHobbit		#7	[-]
Stickhorse Posts: 148 (07/22/08 09:43:43) Stickhorse Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	LOL John you are cracking me up with the overalls stuff. The main problem with this is that it gives the appearance that they don't want to put an award out there that a Tennesseean might lose to an "outsider". Now I'm not saying that is the intent, but it could gives that appearance at a time when SSHBEA really needs to be trying to appear bigger and more inclusive, and the fact that there are THREE Tennessee awards and the folks in the other 49 states have to scrap for just ONE does not help.
Jwarren04		#8	[-]
WGC Posts: 799 (07/22/08 10:47:14) Amatuer Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Well, Mando, I never understood the concept of voting for awards in the first place. Where I come from, awards and titles are earned by accumulating points over a set period of time or events. I guess the main reason behind this is to boost attendance at the little banquet thing they have each January. I don't think they would have to worry about an NFT ( not from Tennessee) getting the most votes. Dunnno how anyone would even know if someone in say, Nevada, rode their SSH on trails or not, to vote for them. I think that with these 4 or 5 extra silver plates or ceramic horse heads or whatever to give away, it could possibly get in as many as 40 or more people to the banquet...which should yield a net profit. John
S Jernigan		#9	[-]
Amatuer Posts: 380 (07/23/08 09:07:52) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	It doesn't really say how the winners will be determined. Since nominees have to send a photo or video, is the Trail Riding Committee determining the winner? It seems to me a national award and possibly an international award would suffice, and once again, someone has lost sight of the big picture. John's take on the "overall" rider is quite amusing!
keep n the know	Trail Riding Committee	#10	[-]
Newbie Posts: 26 (07/23/08 12:02:30) Newbie Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	The Trail Riding Committee is a NEW committee established this year. The Trail Riding Committee Awards Program was set up by the Trail Riding Committee. The Trail Riding Committee is a seperate committee to themselves and isn't connected with the Sport Horse Committee, other than the fact that Sport Horse Committee Members enjoys supporting this new committee as in all committees within SSHBEA. James Abernathy is the Chairperson of the Trail Riding Committee according to the February minutes found on the SSHBEA website.
Jwarren04		#11	[-]
WGC Posts: 799 (07/23/08 12:07:02) Amatuer Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	S Jernigan wrote: It doesn't really say how the winners will be determined. Since nominees have to send a photo or video, is the Trail Riding Committee determining the winner? It seems to me a national award and possibly an international award would suffice, and once again, someone has lost sight of the big picture. I wonder what the criteria is ? Most miles ridden? Most number of different trails? Snazziest pair of overalls ( for the overall winner) ? Most trails ridden outside of middle -Tenn ( for the out-of-state award) ? Does one have to prove how much trailriding they have done? Or where? Or that they indeed wore Carharts instead of Wranglers? Or is this just all on the honor system? Do you have to do all the trail miles on just one certain SSH? And....most importantly of all.... does the SSH you enter on have to be........ tobiano?? Hmmm, might be a good poll question: " Which pattern of the SSH coat seems to make for the best trail horse? " A:) Tobiano B:) Splash White C:) Frame D:) Sabino E:) None of the above F:) All of the above John
SpottedInDixie		#12	[-]
WGC Posts: 805 (07/23/08 12:58:58) Stickhorse Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	snort
Jwarren04		#13	[-]
WGC Posts: 799 (07/23/08 13:43:28) Amatuer Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Or... if the fans of overo, squat and crawl TN walkinghorses, would band together and vote ONLY for tobiano horses to win these awards, reckon anyone would push to reverse that ruling? Claiming that tobianos now have the unfair advantage,... again? I say ..again.. because , remember, in 2002 ..2003 or so, we had a very competitive TP horse that was a "sabino". We got a lot of 2nds and 3rds, and everyone was telling us .."Oh, if you just had a B & W tobiano!. The judges are biassed against anything that isn't* a B & W, ya know? "* Now, I must admit, ours was a TP horse like TP horses looked back in those days... rode with a slack rein, didn't squat and crawl and waive its legs in the air. Maybe the B & W tobis that would get placed 1st above us did do the squat & crawl, with the riders cranking on their mouths, like they do now, but I just don't remember. John Last Edited By: Jwarren04 07/24/08 08:21:38. Edited 1 times.

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