There are very few riders who spend more time serving our sport away from the barn than Jon Holling. Whether serving as president of the Professional Horseman’s Council, organizing events along with Peter Gray, or teaching at multiple clinics throughout the country, Jon is involved in every aspect of eventing. Today he has written a short post on his website that takes a different viewpoint that Boyd’s or Jennie’s blogs. Here is an excerpt from Jon Holling’s blog post and click below for the full post:
“I must admit that I get very tired of my friends in this business waiting until the eleventh hour to give their input. Most of the time, including this instance, they have exceptionally well thought out and valid arguments. Unfortunately they are usually so late to the game that all they can do is undermine a very legitimate process. We as active athletes are mailed ballots every year to elect our active athletes representatives. I can honestly tell you that most riders don’t even bother to fill out those ballots. In my opinion this type of apathy is the reason for the present situation…
I know most of [the Search Committee] people personally and all of them professionally, and I can assure you that none of them can be pushed around. To insinuate that members of this committee did an improper or underhanded job is both ignorant and rude. While we may not all agree with the choices they made, I for one stand firmly behind the process that formed the search committee. Therefore, I also stand behind this committees decision to name just two people to the short list.“
Read the full post at [Holling Eventing]
Go eventing.
