I just wanted to say that the review committee met last night, and I heard confirmation today that the results for Nationals stand AS JUDGED. I am sure that is a great relief to those who were caught in the confusion. I personally know one of the individuals involved, and I KNEW the horses in question had been qualified as required by the rules. I still don't know how it happened that there was such confusion over that.
[SIZE=12pt]No, Amy and everyone else, it's not a great relief to me, and here is why:[/SIZE]
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To qualify for Nationals, a horse supposedy, if you bother to follow the rules, has to show at at least two shows and under four judges. The horse who pinned above Destiny at the Nationals went to only one show (in April), and was shown and handed there by its trainer who later showed it at Nationals with only one 2008 show under its belt. Destiny went to two shows under at least four judges and was really qualified to show and win at the Nationals.
I
am someone involved and I'm not sure what is more upsetting:
- Finding out via emails and message board, vs. the Registry, that unqualified horses may keep their wins; or
- The fact that we wasted money and time because of playing by / respecting the rules and having Destiny fully qualified -- only to find it probably wasn't worth the money, effort and time; or
- The sense that AMHR has been very disorganized in handling something so important to many people. What is more important that keeping the placements at Nationals correct AND legitimate?
I feel VERY let down by AMHR if the unqualified horses are allowed to keep their wins. I just cannot comprehend why that is fair or would be allowed.
Before finding out about the unqualified horses placing [SIZE=8pt](and we all know it wasn't just in Destiny's class that this happened)[/SIZE], I was beyond proud about his Reserve National Grand Champion win, then hearing he was National Grand Champion, I was even prouder.
Now I'm just disgusted and disappointed, but holding out a shred of hope AMHR will put some stock in its own rule book and show deserved favor to those who honored the registry's rules. To do otherwise is honestly a slap in the face to those who do comply with the rules.