"Pulled" is More Info Than Just on Horse/Rider

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When EN publishes the pull stats at rides, sure one might note certain 
"trends" for certain horses/riders.  But, one might also note the quality of 
trail laid out by the Ride Manager and if it is indeed a "Fair" trail, which 
can be negotiated by most riders riding to the conditioning level of their 
horses in the given time.
    If one sees, say 50 starters and 25 pulls on a given hundred....what does 
that say about the difficulty of the trail?.....the way the trail is laid 
out?......the ambient conditions of weather, topography or altitude?
    The information contained therein, if properly gleaned by the reader, 
might just clue some folks in as to whether or not that THAT particular ride 
might be in their future or maybe that there would be "no way" that THAT 
particular horse/rider team should try that technically hard, or inherently 
"unfair", or WHATEVER ride.
    I think the "Ride Results" should also reveal the altitude, topography, 
weather and wind conditions, bogs present, deep sand present, whether natural 
forage was available on the trail, colors of horses who "made it", colors of 
who didn't....SHEESH...come to think of it, JUST WHAT DOES THE PULL RATE TELL 
US?  
    Nothing more than the name of the horses/riders who didn't finish the 
prescribed trail in the allotted time....BUT THE TRUTH IS, even THAT isn't 
really "information".
    I guess there really is no point in publishing the "PULLED" info, other 
than to maybe look more closely at that particular ride and try to determine 
whether that trail was "Difficult" or "Unfair", ... not always the same thing.
   
    Been Pulled, Probably Will Be Again One Day, 
     Never Happy About It,
           Frank.