Re: RC: OD vs Tevis difficulty

[Dbeverly4@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/14/99 8:04:36 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
fasterhorses@gilanet.com writes:

<< Truman wrote:  "The thing about the OD is that that trail never stops
 coming at you. "
 
 Tevis:  Ditto.  It's what separates them from the rest.  Lif
  >>

I seem to remember a quote from Matthew McKay Smith after he won both rides 
in the same year (amazing!) stating that it was the weather that made the OD 
more difficult than the Tevis, but if you eliminate the weather factor, the 
Tevis was the more difficult trail.   Obviously not quoting here, just my 
recollection from an article I read after his incredible accomplishment in 
'95 (I think it was '95).  Any chance he's a "lurker" and could give us his 
opinion????  BTW, I think the weather at the Tevis is miserable 
enough....hard to believe the Old Dominon is worse!!!!  Since I'm into 
torturing myself, maybe I'd better try the OD!  

Sylvia, Harca & Star (now she's looking for a tougher 100?????)



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