[RC] [RC] [Guest] LD Times - 6 hours is generous - Deanna German
It just depends on the trail. There's a certain 100 mile ride that always
seems to have some OT's and no one is saying that those horses are unfit.
No one is encouraging unfit horses to do LD or endurance. I'm not whining
about my OT, far from it. I applaud those riders who made the time. I
learned a valuable lesson about thinking "I can walk this and make time." It
wasn't my day. I had plenty of good days before and since then, mostly CTR
with ride times in the range that you cite or less. My horse obviously
wasn't fit enough for THAT trail on THAT day, but to imply that people who
come in OT are bringing unfit horses is pretty harsh.
Deanna
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Just like to oserve that most competitive trail rides organization allow
less than 6 hours for 25 miles including any pulse recovery times. The
Eastern Competitive Trail Ride Association allows 4 to 4 and 1/2 hours
as I remember And pulses are taken 20 minutes after fininshing. So AERC
6 hours should be quite adequate for any reasonably fit horse, even over
difficult terrain. It's not much faster than a walking pace. IMO we do
not want to encourage unfit horses to do LD.
Stagg Newman
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