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Actually - the average ride times are about the same on 
multiday rides as they are on one day rides.  even the 
distribution looks similar.

Mike


Alison Farrin wrote:

> Or multiday horses go slower.  There's always going to be someone running for the top spot. 

 But, overall, I think everyone slows down a bit with the 
intention of riding one horse multiple

days.  If you walk slowly through the really rocky or boggy 
spots, you reduce your chances of a

 pull or strain.  The top 10% won't, but if the bottom 90% 
are 2 or 3 times as careful, the pull

rate should be considerably lower.  Basically, the same 
hypothesis we've been using for lower

metabolic problems on multidays, but this time, the data 
seems to support it.
> Truman, on the metabolic pull ratio multiday to single day rides - is there any multiday ride 

that stands out with an abnormally high pull ratio?  I know 
our statistics aren't supporting it,

but I wonder how we all came to believe it, other than what 
we've observed.
>



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