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Re: [RC] Owhyee Detailed Results - rides2far@xxxxxxxxIt'd be AWESOME if AERC required results in this manner, but I understand from a ride manager's perspective that it might be a big >>>old nightmare. I love studying numbers like this, but before you could read too much into AERC stats you'd really need to understand who's racing and who's riding. This weekend we had a first time horse and a 2nd timer. When we'd come in off the trail there was an inch of mud on their bellies, between the hind legs, under the splint boots, etc. I knew that if we went straight to the vet it would be dried and twice as hard to get off when we got back and we were in *no* hurry. So they got a good cleaning and before I even bothered to take their pulses they were way down (OK, maybe not the first check when Cade was running in circles...he was 60 but that was excitement). When I was checking through Nina Barnett made a joke about "took you long enough to get them down" and that's the first time I even thought about how it looked to have overe a 15 min. recovery time. When the vet saw they were 52 he never commented on how long it had taken us to come in. I know at an FEI ride most are probably giving it all they've got to get through, but again I'll mention Biltmore one year when Karen Clark was racing extremely well but supposedly had substantially slower "recoveries" that were actually due to no crew help at all. Tell you something I wish someone would do. When you've got the cards for top 10, just copy, ALL the vet scores...what was the hydration score, gut sounds?, etc. That would give a really interesting picture. I'd love to sit down with each of the competitors and have them describe what they did between those two loops, what changed, etc. Next time I do an article and have them in my hands I think I'll make duplicates to ponder when I get home, and maybe at least go over the winner's card with them. Angie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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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