putting on a ride

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

It looks like I'm taking the big plunge(AGAIN)...If all goes even almost as planned, I'm going to be putting on a ride next summer..One of the land owners refuses to give permission to come through his ranch so I've had to be REALLY creative with the trails...I'd like some input...do you think twenty miles is too far to go for the first vet check?  (this is the fifty)...also, on the fifty, what do you think about a vet check, with a 30 minute hold, 2 or 3 miles from the finish???  Also---What do you think about having a required CRI, not only during the main vet check but also right before you head back out on the trail??  I know they did that at one of the last vet checks in France(correct me if I'm wrong here, steph)I guess that all the questions for now...("for now" being the operative phrase!)