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Lynn Kinsky wrote:
> It's part of equalizing the conditions for all horses in a particular 
> competitive class.  They all go at the same pace AND they all carry 
> approximately the same weight over the same trail. The horse with the 
> best recoveries, metabolics, soundness under those equal conditions, wins.

Ed Kilpatrick wrote:
> diane, it is so that your horse does relatively the same amount of work 
> as the other horses.

So how does that work?  If the heaviest competitor weighs 250#, does everyone else 
carry weights? Any 110# rider carry 140# in weights?  If the objective is to equalize 
the WORK done by the horse, is the horse's weight factored in?  I expect an 850# 
horse carrying a 200# rider (w/tack) would have to work harder than an 1100# horse 
carrying a 200# rider.  Does the rider of the heavier horse have to carry extra 
weights to compensate for his horse having it easier from the get-go?


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