Re: Re: Hold Times In Endurance Rides

["Heidi Smith" <heidi@sagehillcmk.com>]

Seems to me that if it takes 6 hours to do the LD, the horse should be
minimally stressed, and hence should be down as soon as it crosses the
finish line.  Furthermore, that has been my experience with LD horses that
were not raced to be at the front of the pack--if ridden to simply complete,
and if they are even the least bit fit, they tend to come in at or near
pulse criterion.

Heidi

> Amy Tetervin kninformation@yahoo.com
> I've been thinking about this issue for awhile, especially as is applies
> to the LD rides where the
> clock keeps running until your horse reaches criteria. This actually gives
> the competitor less than 6
> hours to complete a 25 miler because they have to come in early enough to
> let the horse get
> down to criteria. Since the reason for making the rule about the clock
> still running until the HR
> falls  was to discourage racing, its seems like it needs to be tweaked.
> Maybe add 10 minutes to the
> allowable time.
> -Amy
>
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