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Re: [RC] WEG - patty peck

Steph asked:
So, given the fact that some places simply don't have the terrain for the classic technical challenge, how can we, or even 'can we' regulate the sport so that it is more appealing, less demanding on the horses, something greater than a 50% completion rate, a sport requiring more horsemanship?

Can we regulate the amount of 'technical trail' in any given event? i.e. x number of miles of difficulty or natural obstacle(hill, sand, rock, x-country, etc). How about scattering slalom sections along the trail (can those horses turn?).

any ideas??

My reply,  A similar thing happened with 3 day after a disastrous Olympics and changes were made.   Maybe a multi leg "endurance" course could be adopted with one day of hill climb one day of technical forest riding and one day of speed.  Similar to a short version of  Tour De France.   The entire course doesn't need to be a continuous 100 miles to allow for different terrain for different days.  Patty

 
"take a deep seat and a faraway look"~Entiat Horse Wrangler



----- Original Message ----
From: "Sbolinge@xxxxxxx" <Sbolinge@xxxxxxx>
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 11:31:58 AM
Subject: [RC] WEG

Joe Long wrote:
 
Be careful what you wish for. There's that old "unintended consequences" thingy. If you make it more costly to pull by having penalties for pulling, you create an incentive for riders to not pull when they know their horse is having problems but to try to hide the problem and finish.
 
 
I write;
 
This is already something that happens regularly...there is already an incentive for riders to not pull when they know their horse is having problems...pressure from the rest of the team...egos...etc. Just to get to the point of being chosen for the team involves riders hiding  problems they might be having with soundness etc, from the selection committee. Everyone involves knows the deception goes on, before, during and after the event...and nobody has the balls to speak up or do anything about it. 


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