Re: [RC] LD vs 50--Let's ruffle some feathers - Truman Prevatt
Actually in human track, the guys running the shorter distances would
love to have the guys running the marathons drop back - they'd eat them
alive:-).
Actually why does it make a difference if I wanted to do a 50 this
weekend and two weeks from now what to go run a fast LD for training to
get the horse in shape for a 100? It doesn't and that's the great thng
about the sport.
T
Bob Morris wrote:
Joan:
You state<<<Perhaps we
should say that once you are a 50 miler, both you and your horse stay
in 50's or at least 50 milers cannot drop back to LD and change the
competitive level of the LD. It is like the professional who returns to
the amateur ranks for the Olympics. Of course the 50 milers could have
the same arguments about the FEI 100 milers competing in the 50's.
What is more likely than barring movement between the divisions is that
we are going to have to consider some type of handicapping system, at
least for BC, if not for placings, in the different
divisions.>>>
Because we as humans often
anthropomorphize, let us compare the two distances to the human
Marathon. If the case as you state it was valid, then any one who ran a
full marathon could not drop back and do a half marathon or even a 10k
. Is this really your intent? I believe that the feeling of being
discriminated against as a LD rider is personal and only occurs if you
allow it to be of concern.
