Re: Re: Endurance/CTR

["Maggie Mieske" <mmieske@netonecom.net>]

Wow, our window here in Michigan for CTR is ten minutes!!!  I LOVE
endurance!!  


Maggie Mieske
Mieske's Silver Lining
10601 S. Richards Rd.
McBain, Michigan 49657
http://www.netonecom.net/~mmieske
mmieske@netonecom.net

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> From: Bob & Amber Roberts <mlaboure@flash.net>
> To: Claudia Provin <provincmk@fanninelectric.com>; ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: RC:   Re: Endurance/CTR
> Date: Thursday, March 23, 2000 9:13 PM
> 
> Claudia Provin wrote:
> 
> > I'm going to let my ignorance show--and ask y'all to enlighten me -- 
what's
> > the difference between CTRs and endurance (and no, I don't get the
magazines
> > as yet).
> 
> Hi, Claudia:
> 
> I've ridden both.  The difference between Endurance and CTR (Competitive
Trail
> Rides) is that CTR is a timed event, not a race.  You have a specific
amount of
> time to complete the trail, you cannot stop forward motion at the 2 mile
mark (2
> miles remaining to camp), therefore you have to know how to rate your
horse.
> There is a half hour window of time that you must arrive at the finish
line.  If
> you are early, you lose 1 point for every minute you are early, if you
are late,
> you lose one point for every minute you are late.  Each rider starts out
with
> 100 points.  Points are deducted for errors.  Rider is judged separately
from
> the horse.  In NATRC there are obstacles that the horse and rider must
negotiate
> and they are judged by a vet judge for the horse and a horsemanship judge
for
> the rider.  That's a simple, short explanation.  Endurance is or can be a
race.
> First to cross line with a sound horse wins.
> 
> Amber
> 
> 
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