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Re: [RC] LD BC?? - RDCARRIE

In a message dated 5/29/2003 12:53:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
glenn218@xxxxxxxxx writes:


I'm playing with this discussion in my head and wondering about time.  If 
someone took an average horse and poked around on a LD, they could, in 
theory, win BC over the horse that went a little faster and actually did the 
work.  (I've got a personal bias against WALKING the biggest part of any 
distance and claiming to have the best endurance horse around.)
One thought I had was to have nice completion awards and take the motivation 
away from racing.  The next thought was to just weigh vet scores and weight 
and only judge the first 10 to reach criteria...in other words, take speed 
out and leave 
everything else the same.



To take this a step farther, what about eliminating horses younger than 5 from 
BC judging in LD rides?  That might eliminate some of the motivation for people 
to race 4 yr olds.  Of course, there will always be those who will race 
youngsters to try and "win" or top ten, and then again, this would just raise 
the age of horses being raced in LD to 5.  At least it might protect some of 
the young horses who aren't yet fully developed.  I must admit I don't really 
have a problem with people riding LDs fast, *if* their horse is in shape for it 
and mature enough.  But it does tend to make anyone with a horse 48 months old 
think that they can do that too, and 25 miles is a short enough distance to 
make them think they can get away with it, unlike a 50, which is long enough to 
make (most) people think a little.  I'm starting to ramble, so guess I'll stop. 
<G>

Dawn in East Texas (who hasn't been doing this sport long enough to have a lot 
of useful input, but hates to see horses overridden in any distance))

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