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In fact, I'm quite sure that it isn't perilous to publish ride times. 

 

Last year, I took all the rides in the NW and the SE (regions where ride times are published routinely) and compared the speeds of winning ride times and tail-end ride times of LD rides with the same stats for the longer distance rides over the same courses on the same days.  With very few exceptions, the endurance speeds were FASTER than the LD speeds.  (And in fact, the three LD wins that were faster in the NW than the wins on the 50 the same day were posted by Sue Nance, on experienced 50-mile and 100-mile horses...)

 

Of course, one can't compare rides where the LD times are not posted, but in the W region, for the rides where times WERE posted, the same pattern emerged.

 

With few exceptions, our LD riders are traveling more slowly than our 50 milers, no matter how ride times are posted or awards are divvied out.

 

Heidi

I'm not sure that publishing ride times, particularly after the fact,
is so perilous. If I was able to enter more rides, I'd certainly be
interested in those numbers, if only as a learning tool, particularly
on a new horse.

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