Re: Hold times longer...

["Dyane Smith" <sunibey@sisqtel.net>]

Mike,
I'm glad you and others have raised this issue.  I think it would be
extremely interesting to know the results of any research that might have
been done on the across the board benefits of increased time for the horses
to eat.  If a horse is allowed to eat frequently during the ride, I wonder
if it doesn't cut down on metabolic problems and possibly increase
endurance.  Does anyone have experience with longer hold times on multi-day
rides, for example, where the horse is expected to continue for 200-250
miles?
Dyane
N. CA

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael K. Maul <mmaul@flash.net>
To: ridecamp <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Friday, September 24, 1999 12:45 PM
Subject: RC: Hold times longer...


> My comment on the hold times is related to Tevis which we
> completed this year for the first time - and first try.
>
> My horse was really hungry in the mid parts of the ride and
> I did not like to pull him away from food when he was so
> clearly hungry.  Two of us were riding together the whole ride
> and had the same problem.
>
> But during this time we were coming close to the cutoff times
> and I did not want to fight a cutoff problem the whole rest of
> the ride.
>
> It seems to me a lot of people had this problem on Tevis this
> year with my guess - a larger number of DNF due to cutoff times.
> Still have not seen any breakout from the tevis statistics
> on this but a quarter of the riders from our local club
> DNF due to cutoffs. And very experienced riders at that.
>
> Bottom line for me was that I felt that the line on getting them
> enough to eat - and still completing the ride was more
> difficult for me on Tevis than any other ride I have done.
>
> We did get enough to eat but I would have liked to have had more.
>
> Mike Maul
> W/CT Regions
> Sunnyvale/Houston
>
>
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