Re: RC: Hold Times

[Lucy Chaplin Trumbull <elsie@calweb.com>]

> Wendy Merendini merendiniws@navair.navy.mil wrote:
>  
> The more experience I gain in riding 100 mile rides the more I
> see the hugh benefit to our horses that longer hold times
> bring....
> ...
> ...Also I like to see at least one (prefer two) 1 hour holds 
> during the course of a 100 mile ride.
> 
> By not giving our horses enough time to let down and really 
> eat we are starving them!  (I have a friend that says the Tevis 
> has become a starvation ride with the reduction of hold times.)...

Wendy

I was curious about your comment above regarding the "reduction
of hold times for Tevis".

What did they reduce them to?

As far as I'm aware, there are two 1 hour holds (Robinson Flat
and Foresthill), as well as a mandatory 15 minutes at Michigan
Bluff.

The only change I'm aware of was moving the hour hold from MB
to FH because MB became a no-crew check.

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