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[RC] championship courses - Steph TeeterMaggie asks: Maybe this is a dumb question but...why do we need to decrease the difficulty level? Is it a certainty that the difficulty level caused the low completion rate? I guess I just figure a championship ride should be tough. Tough but doable. If we take out the heat factor for October and add more water stops as they have planned to do, won't that help with the completion rate? Just asking questions and wondering what others think. What DO people want in a championship trail? Miles of smiles, Maggie>> Maggie - my idea of a challenging trail is one that will separate the best horses and riders over the time allowed, without a high likelihood of causing physical harm to any of the horses. A trail that requires some strategy to do well. A trail that is simply 'hard on horses' and 'only the strong survive' is not, imo, desirable. I would hope to see a course where most horses can complete within the allotted time, but the best horses and most strategically savvy riders will do better. Steph =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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