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I'm not sure it is a problem. If they were "racing" then the winning 25 
time would be well below the 1/2 the winning 50 mile time since in 
general the shorter the race the faster the speed. But from what I've 
witnessed - at least in the SE - is the winning 50 mile time is normally 
about twice - many times less than twice - than the winning 25 miletime. 
This seems to say  the 50's areas fast than the 25's, or is that the 
25's are going as slow as the 50's.

Truman

A. Perez wrote:

>  What is it about LD rides that make 'racing' more of a problem
> than 'real' endurance rides?  Is it the fact that they attract
> more novices, or is there something inherent in the distance
> itself - does the shorter distance make it possible to
> 'override' a horse, but the problems don't appear at the vet
> checks?  Do longer offer more time for 'over riding' to become
> apparent and get caught at the vet checks?
>
> If racing LDs is ineveitable, is there any way LDs COULD be made
> 'safe to race', by having more vets checks or different vetting
> criteria?
>
> Just curious.
>
>  




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