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RE: [RC] FEI Championships - David LeBlancEd said: "...I have a vision of nearly all of the horses treated thefirst day being DQ'd at vet in for the 2nd day, and the first day front runners dropping lik..." My assumption was that a horse rider team was completely out if they vetted out on any of the days and the eventual winner being the total time for all three days etc. I was thinking along the lines that you just couldn't have back to back 100's, like you do in 50's, and if you had maybe 3 days between them, that would be enough time for the horse to recover, but not so much time that the first day hadn't worn off. So if someone DQ'd on day 1, it would be unlikely that the horse would recover enough in 3 days to start again, but it could happen. Or say the horse got treated at the end, and didn't truly need it - could be that it could vet in OK on day 2. It sure would slow things down, and give people a serious incentive to complete - coming in 10th in each ride might get you a win. Funny - they have essentially the same problem in NASCAR - cars got so fast that the whole thing got very unsafe, so they slowed it down with restriction plates. We've got a similar problem, but no technical solution, so if we're going to do anything about it, the way the game is played has to change. I think it ought to - so what if someone can go like hell on one given day with someone weighing in at 2 oz over the minimum riding? It really doesn't prove anything. Heck - even in Thoroughbred racing, winning one race doesn't get you much respect (unless it's one of the triple crown races) - what makes for a legendary horse is winning a lot of races. Spread that out over a few days, or a whole season - the one that comes out on top there would be something to respect. I also assumed that since it is one event, even if a horse completed a day, it was DQ'd for any treatment before the next morning etc. If they wanted to really do something like this, the treatment angle would have to be completely ironed out. It could be a complex set of rules by itself as to what constitutes allowed treatment between rides, how close to the next ride, and so on. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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