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Seems that this would work just fine if it weren't for team competition. 
That is when the first 10 horses finished - the top 10 have been 
selected so there is not need for the others to keep going.

This would go a long way to shorten the time required for the 
competition since the first 10 will probably finish in less than say 10 
hours. This might make it more spectator friendly. If a new scoring 
method for teams were developed - or team competition eliminated I can 
see some merits to it. For example each riders receives some number or 
points based on the time he gets to each check. These points are added 
up for all horses for a country that are still in the race when it is 
deemed finished. The team with the most points wins. Clearly in such a 
system - a premium would have to be given for any horse that did finish. 
It might make planning team strategy a little more difficult, however, 
computers are good at keeping track of such things so it should not be 
too bad.

Truman

kimfuess wrote:
> Steph,
>   I am curious how the entire field can be considered if the ride is 
> stopped and horses are not allowed to finish the entire course.  It 
> seems strange to me to even consider this as many times placement can 
> change drastically in the last part of a ride or from the last vet 
> check.  I think this is even more true in the 100 mile distance than 
> the shorter distances. I also think it is a misnomer that horses that 
> finish later are slow because they are more tired.  They may be 
> finishing later because the riders are pacing different than the front 
> runners.  The horses may be in fine shape but just averaging a slower 
> pace.  I guess that if this type of system is tried it will become 
> more of an event of "how many miles can a horse complete in x number 
> of hours instead of seeing how many horses can complete 100 miles in a 
> given time".
>
> It really would seem strange to me to end the ride and then give 
> horses (teams) that did not complete the entire course some  type of 
> completion.
>
> Kim Fuess

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