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RE: [RC] Revolution - Age requirements for competition - heidi-----Original Message-----From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of KimFue@xxxxxxx Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 1:07 AM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Revolution - Age requirements for competition Well, starting in 2006 every 7 year old that trys or wants to compete at a PAC or WEC or other championship level FEI ride will need to have finished a 100 in 13.20 hours. >> This, imo, is a bad new rule. We (the US) have lobbied hard against it, because it doesn't make sense when applied to our rides, in difficult or mountainous terrain. I'm headed to Malaysia (!!!!!!) next week to ride, and they are also concerned about the new COC rule - it's just about impossible to do a 13:20 ride in the tropics. Kim - I totally agree with you, and this is the first major deviation between AERC and FEI rules that I'm aware of. It only applies to Championship level ride qualifications, but still - it does not make sense to make this blanket rule apply to all rides, in all Nations. The best approach to the CoC, IMO, was when it also contained a clause that allowed horses to earn one if they were within a certain percentage of the winning time. It SHOULD be a combination of options--the current one is a good option when the course is flat and fast, and the winners are running sub-9 100s. But on slower courses (be it due to terrain, or to humidity as is the case in Malaysia, etc.), the option of earning a CoC if one can finish in the winning time plus, say, 20%, one can do it on rides with Tevis terrain or poor weather conditions. With such an option, let's say we have a ride that is WON in 13 hours. If that is the case, with the 20% option, any horse that could finish it in 15:36 or less could earn a CoC. By having BOTH options in place, a horse need not run itself into the ground on a flat course to be within 20% of a 7-hour winner, but neither does it need to run itself into the ground to beat the clock under conditions that are not conducive to fast times. And in both cases, the horse has demonstrated a level of capability beyond simply finishing within the 24-hour elapsed maximum time. Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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