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Looking at the final results, they obviously abandoned the pre-ride 
"strategy" along the way, and maybe that "strategy" was not clearly 
communicated to the masses [us in RC] anyway. I agree with what most are 
saying here about why riding together is not such a good strategy, but 
before we speculate and decide they made a mistake, let's hear what their 
strategy was and how it evolved through the ride - from the team.

Kristen

> When several horse/rider teams stay together throughout a ride, they gain 
> some
> advantages:  primarily, cameraderie and moral support for both horses and
> riders.  However, there is a clear cost.  As Truman pointed out so well, 
> even
> horses whose optimum pacing would result in identical times get those 
> times in
> different ways.  Some are "get out in front and stay there" horses, others 
> are
> "come from behind" horses, some are "steady Eddie."  When you force them 
> to all
> run at the same pace all day, you prevent them from doing their best.  You 
> end
> up riding to the "lowest common denominator."  No amount of practice 
> together is
> going to change that.



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