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

["Sandy Bolinger" <bolinger@bigsky.net>]

Kerry Ridgeway said "afast 25 is harder on a horse than a slow fifty, and a
fast 50 is harder on a horse than a slow hundred...

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From: Rides 2 Far <rides2far@juno.com>
To: <DVeritas@aol.com>
Cc: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2000 6:05 AM
Subject: RC: "Pulled" is More Info Than Just on Horse/Rider


> 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?...
>
> Yep.  Seems like it would tell ya something doesn't it?  Then I look at
> the Million Pines ride, and compare it to my ride, Longstreet's Charge.
> Million Pines has had a pull rate of around 40% at times.  It's the
> easiest ride you can imagine.  Good footing, no rocks, the sand isn't
> deep, there's not a better marked trail in the world, well measured...why
> is that?  Now compare with mine.  ROCKY, ROCKY, ROCKY, more confusing to
> mark since it laps back over itself, pretty darned mountainous, later in
> the Spring so hotter weather...and out of 68 or so entries I think we had
> about 2 or 3 pulls.  Why is that?  I think it goes back to my theory that
> speed takes a horse out faster than anything.  Also, being able to see
> horses way up ahead will make a horse go faster than he should.  At my
> ride, they can seldom see over 50 yards ahead.  They have to walk a lot
> on the first loop (going up a trail with slow footing).
>
> If I see a ride with an extremely high pull rate, I ask someone who was
> there.  Sometimes they say, "there was a new vet with an attitude who was
> pulling horses right and left" or "that was the day it rained torentially
> during the ride and the lightning was so incredible".  Or, "It tends to
> be that way at Million Pines, maybe because it's the first ride of the
> Spring for many, so be sure and clip and respect the heat".
>
> Angie
>
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