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heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> 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...)
>  

This is not just true for last year but as you well know for most rides 
all years. 

> 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.

I'm sure it would.

>  
> 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.
>  

Yep - absolutely correct.

> Heidi
An interesting story. I got busted up last spring. I couldn't make 15 
miles in May. So we get to S2S and I do a few back to back LD's to make 
sure I'm okay. I was and ran a 50. On the last day I ended up sponsoring 
a couple of juiors on the Cool Down. I was not necessary planning to 
ride but decided to take the Jr's on the LD when their sponsor's horse 
came up with a minor problem.

Well I won BC that day. O my gosh - an LD BC - horrors of all horrors. 
I'm sure it was the weight - had noting to do with a veterinan 50 mile 
horse doing an LD. Later I shared the story with a SE AERC direction 
that has been in the office forever who will remain annomonyous. She 
told me I should be ashame of myself taking a veterian 50 mile horse and 
taking the prizes away from the LD riders.

Guilty as charged.

Truman

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