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Re: [RC] LD BC?? - TrailriteI agree with you 100%. But as long as AERC has it set up as the same rules as the 50+ rides then for LD's to get credit for BC we ride managers have to run the BC like AERC guides us. If young horses are getting hurt competing this way with speed, then it's the riders and the AERC that is responable for this set up.There are some riders/owners that just don't understand that it's not that important to go fast in an LD ride. I here all the time "my horse got 1st, 4th, top ten, etc. in the "ride name" 25 miler! Maybe with changing the name from "LD" to "Novice" would help. They want to prove their horse for self, increased value for resale, or whatever the personal or business reason. But fact is...at least with our rides over the years, riders in our LD were putting in faster times into the 1st loop (which is very hilly and the same loop) than the top ten riders in the 50 miler. I don't know what that is all about. Tammy Robinson Trail-Rite Ranch & Products 18171 Lost Creek Road Santa Clarita, CA 91390 661/513-9269 or 661/713-3912; cell www.Trail-Rite.com (new updates!)
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