Ridecamp: Re: [RC] HW/BC's

Endurance is a TEAM sport. The horse and rider are a team. The teams or 
loses together. Those riders no matter what weight that have the 
dedication to also condition themselves so their team can do it's best 
should be commended.

Truman

kathy.mayeda@xxxxxxx wrote:

> "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"
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> 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. 
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> K.
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