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RE: [RC] How far... - Libby & Quentin Llop DVM

If you think there isn't a TB today who could survive a 4 mile race, you
haven't been to any steeplechase meets.

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So the question is:  Can a person today riding 3 horses go 200 miles in 10
hours?  That means  each horse is going 66.6 miles in 3.33 hours.

I tried it and came no where close, and wonder if anyone w/ a few polo
ponies and a Bay Mare would try it and let me know just "How Far We Have
Come."  I'd like to watch if anyone ever tries.

Cheers,
tom sites>

Same in TB racing, Tom. At the turn of the century horses like American
Eclipse were winning on a Sunday afternoon by delivering 3 4-mile races,
best 2 out of 3, with the winning times of all the miles under 2:00 per
mile. Today there isn't a TB that could survive one 4 mile race with all the
miles under 2:00. Probably isn't a race rider who could ride that far, that
fast, either.

Life is a little too easy these days, and a strong work ethic isn't
necessary to survive. At least, not in this country. In those days race
horses worked all week as plow horses or carriage horses. Their owners
typically had to scramble to stay alive--you didn't have corporations or the
government hiring "entitled" drones by the thousands. People, and horses,
had to deliver the goods.

ti


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