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heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Be careful in reading too much into pull rate data.  On average, you 
> are dealing with a more prepared and more experienced ridership on 
> 50s, so you may be comparing apples and oranges. 
Yep and you would think the 100 mile horses were even more prepared than 
the 50 mile horses - but alas the metabolic pull rate for the 100 mile 
horses is a little over 3 times that of the 50's.

Truman
>  

> Heidi
>
>     The pull rate stats are on David's side. While an individual horse
>     may
>     have an issue between 25 and 50 miles - in general the pull rates for
>     the 25 to 50 are consistent with the mileage difference in the
>     events.
>     In fact up through 80 miles the pull rates are pretty consistent.
>     However, for the 100, the (especially metabolic) pull rate is 3 to 4
>     times greater than in the 50. There is a quantum jump between 50
>     and 100
>     miles in th pulls that is not present between 25 and 50.


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