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But if you ride in an area where there is NOTHING to eat or drink along 
the way, those holds are really important.  Our horses would think 
they'd died and gone to heaven if they had grass and water along the 
route.

Maryanne
in the world's largest sandbox

On Feb 25, 2005, at 4:54 PM, Truman Prevatt wrote:

> We are only talking 5 minutes a hold here. I sure piss more than that 
> away on the trail taking care of my horse if there are long loops with 
> few holds.
>
> So if one counts in the overhead time for a hold - time get in and 
> come down and stop the clock, one also needs to count the time taken 
> on trail to water and/or let the horse eat between checks on long 
> loops. I suspect it pretty much evens out in the wash.
>
> Truman
>
> Dot Wiggins wrote:
>
> > Yes, the hold times do not count against "ride time" but fewer vet 
> > checks do
> > take less time from "ride time".
> > No matter how quickly your horse recovers, and how soon you can get a 
> > PR
> > check to begin a hold,  those minutes do count.  If you only have one 
> > check
> > on a 50, your time will be quicker than the same 50 with 3 checks, 
> > even if
> > you ride the same speed.
> >
> > And I am all in favor ofat least 2 or more vet checks for most rides.
> >
> > Dot
>
>
> --
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> “It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how 
> smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong” 
> Richard Feynman
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