Endurance.Net Ridecamp Archives

At 06:39 PM 7/20/2004, Truman Prevatt wrote:
> The number of variables in this sport are large and I suspect at the end 
> of the day there is not one best type of endurance horse. In truth 
> endurance is not one sport that requires one type of horse. It is a 
> multitude of sports - depending on the climate and terrain that requires a 
> multitude of different talents in a horse.

That is true about track horses - some do well in mud, some on turf, some 
on a dry track, etc.  But we don't say they are different "types" of flat 
track horses, we say they excel under certain conditions.

If flat tracks aren't considered different sports depending on climate and 
footing, which do require different talents, why would endurance be 
considered "a multitude of sports" when there's different climate and 
terrain.  This is so frustrating!  Do we have any studies which would 
support one point of view or another?

________________________________
   Lif Strand      fasterhorses.com
           Quemado NM USA