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Re: [RC] Reply to Truman - heidiThere are several issues - you don't run any faster than needed to win. If the field is not running at an 8 hour pace - why should you take the additional risk of doing so. To some extent we don't know how good some of these older horses really were. At the '94 Carolina ride four riders unleased a race that left the mouth hanging open. The first four ran sub 8 hours with Cash winning in about 7:30 and change. The other issue is while these older horses could do it - can any horse do a steady diet of sub 8 hour 100's. Again, see what I just posted about RT Muffin's record. I didn't even start to count the numbers of 50s that were 4 hours or just a few minutes more. He ran as hard as he had to, and he usually wasn't pushed that hard on 100s, but he could apparently run 50s at that pace weekend after weekend without any difficulty. He certainly had the longevity and the career miles to back it up. Also, the FEI horses are not asked to do a steady diet of rides at that pace--they are only asked to peak for a handful of them. And our older horses certainly proved that that could be done, and that they could go on from there and continue to have long and productive AERC careers. 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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