Ridecamp: [RC] why race for 10th?

>> To quote someone who I think a very good endurance rider, "there are 
> only two places worth racing for, first or 10th."  I figure if those 
> aren't in the cards you might as slow down, smell roses and "race" for 
> the turtle award.
> 
> Truman
> 
I guess this is a regional thing, but WHY? would anyone race for 10th?  
possibly if you think your horse has a good shot at BC, but otherwise
what diff does it make - AERC records points by weight division, and
its highly unlikely that its going to be just one weight division in 
the 1st 10 places.   

Teresa and Grey Moun (we've been top 10 plenty of times -course those
were with fields of 15 or less)

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