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Don,

How did you arrive at those numbers?

Truman

Don Huston wrote:

> Now Jon I know you have the Ph.D. and my physics is very crude so 
> don't beat me up on this one. We have these weight classes and it 
> tends to make us think that 20-30 pounds means a lot cause it changes 
> our classification but to the horse IMHO it means almost nothing. What 
> really matters to the horse as far as energy expended to cover the 
> distance is the speed at which we make him travel. These are 
> approximate calcs for actual ride time (no holds) for 50 miles.
> Horse & Rider 1200lbs.  8 hrs = 510,000 calories
> Horse & Rider 1200lbs.  7 hrs = 670,000 calories
> Horse & Rider 1450lbs.  8 hrs = 670,000 calories
> So these numbers tell me that if I chose to increase my speed over a 
> 50 mile course and cut 1 little hour off my time it will impact the 
> energy used by my horse the same as if I chose to add 250lbs to my 
> ride weight!!! A truly staggering statistic to remember when asking 
> for more speed. So don't think you can knock 50lbs off your ride 
> weight and go tear up the course. 50lbs means you can drop your ride 
> time by a whopping 12
>
> Don Huston 
>
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