Re: RC: THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

[Mickie Newnam <akelakhan@earthlink.net>]

Joe,
Hmm, you've got a point there.  I guess it would work better for the situation I was
discussing with that friend originally (long story; don't want to bore people) than
this one.  Oh well, at least I tried!
Mickie

Joe Long wrote:

> 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.
>
> --
>
> Joe Long
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