Ridecamp: [RC] HW/BC's

"I do the results and that includes BC forms on anywhere 
from 6 to 10 rides a year.  Invariably, the horse with 
the highest vet score wins BC.  The only times I can 
remember when it didn't is if the vet scores are really 
close, the time usually makes the difference.  Almost 
always, the high vet score takes it though.  For 
example, at a recent ride, I think 6 horses showed for 
BC and the 10th place horse with an outstanding vet 
score took BC.  The rider was either a lw or a mw.  mb"


Okay, Maryben, so the high vet scores win and the weight 
scores don't have that much of an impact.  But you know 
the two local riders that won a couple of the BCs were 
heavyweight and middleweight.  They just got off the 
horses and ran so that the horses could maintain their 
condition!  So the amount of actual "work" that the 
horses were doing does not necessarily correlate with 
the weight of the rider.  I guess that's my main point 
if I did have one. 

K.





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