Re: RC: THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

[jlong@mti.net (Joe Long)]

On Thu, 26 Aug 1999 01:45:44 -0700, Mickie Newnam
<akelakhan@earthlink.net> wrote:

>One suggeston a friend of mine made once when we were talking about points (for a
>local club award) was what another club she was in did.  They awarded one point
>per horse you beat.  Therefore hauling to a ride with 10-12 entries and top
>tenning wouldn't automatically give you more points than top tenning on a ride
>with more entries.  

Actually, it would.  There is a fatal flaw in that system.  You can
have the greatest horse in the world, and if the ride you go to has 20
entries, you can finish in first place and 80 of the horses in a ride
with 100 entries get more points than you do.  That system favors the
large rides so much that no one who doesn't have large rides within
driving distance has any chance at all.

It was my experience that although it's clearly easier to Top Ten in a
ride with 10 entries than in a ride with 50, it isn't significantly
easier to finish First Place.  You've got to beat the horse than
finishes second no matter how many more there are behind you.

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Joe Long
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