Three 4 Luck - 2016-09-19 1:36 PM   I got nothin then.  



Maybe extenuating circumstances?  If that were the case tho, the rule should have read "must attend last show to receive awards unless prior approval is granted by the producer or arrangements are made with the producer" or something like that.  Unequivocal language doesn't allow rule bending for special circumstances. 

Nevertooold - 2016-09-19 1:50 PM Changing the rules has been the downfall of many barrel racing associations. The rules are set at the beginning of each year and should never be changed until the following year.



I was in an association that would bend the rules and it caused a bunch of hard feelings and people getting screwed. A bunch of us stood up to the BS and the president said if we thought we could do better...have at it...we did and there weren't any changing rules. We also had a rule that you had to attend the awards banquet in order to receive your awards. We had a clause if something beyond the control happened, we would have a board meeting to decide if the person received their awards. Our banquet was also part of our fund raising for awards as we had a dinner and dance with it.



 

cowgalsissy - 2016-09-19 2:27 PM  If I placed 5th and 4th place didn't show up I wouldn't consider myself 4th place.  

NJJ - 2016-09-19 2:33 PM However, that 4th place person did not "earn" that placing if the rules state that you have to attend the last race....this was not just going to pick up awards (by the OP's description)....you had to compete in the last race......a person doesn't "earn" anything until they have fulfilled the "requirements".  I know of many series that have rules that you have to attend a certain number or all, etc of the races .... it makes people attend and rewards those who support their series.

~BINGO~ - 2016-09-20 10:17 AM I was emailing with a gal who helped put on the series about my concerns last night. She said that since it is a family run business who puts the series on, they are very open to accommodating the riders in different circumstances. Personally, my husband and I missed something very important to attend this "mandatory" race. She said we would have been accommodated as well. I can understand that. But I feel that it should have been known to all the racers ahead of time that "mandatory" does not follow one definition.

~BINGO~ - 2016-09-20 10:17 AM I was emailing with a gal who helped put on the series about my concerns last night. She said that since it is a family run business who puts the series on, they are very open to accommodating the riders in different circumstances. Personally, my husband and I missed something very important to attend this "mandatory" race. She said we would have been accommodated as well. I can understand that. But I feel that it should have been known to all the racers ahead of time that "mandatory" does not follow one definition.

~BINGO~ - 2016-09-20 10:17 AM

I was emailing with a gal who helped put on the series about my concerns last night. She said that since it is a family run business who puts the series on, they are very open to accommodating the riders in different circumstances. Personally, my husband and I missed something very important to attend this "mandatory" race. She said we would have been accommodated as well. I can understand that. But I feel that it should have been known to all the racers ahead of time that "mandatory" does not follow one definition.

~BINGO~ - 2016-09-21 12:13 PM The girls horse had to be put down a few days before the race. She unfortunately ran her in an arena that many of us have quit going to. Very shallow, slick ground. Her horse came off crippled and subsequently was put to sleep. I'm assuming the producers felt bad. I feel bad as well. I can't even imagine. We skipped a funeral to be at this race. Had I known it wasn't mandatory, we would have been at a funeral. I think that was the most frustrating part.