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Hollander suggest a 6 hour 50 as the key. When you think about it if they can do a 50 in 6 hours you won't want to do the first 50 of a 100 in that time. So say 7 hours. Since the horse has done a 50 already he won't do the second 50 in 7 hours so say 8 hours. Now depending on where you ride you will most likely end up in the dark and you will slow down. That adds an hour or two. Now your are looking at between 15 to 17 hours out. Add 3 hours hold time and your are looking at 18 to 20 hours. That leaves your with the necessary margin of time to get lost and still make it ;-).

So a 6 to maybe 7 hour 50 seems to be a pretty good number to shoot for.

Interesting enough I went through the time line for the ride (similar to the one above) some time back (before I heard of Lou Hollander) and came to the conclusion that a 6 hour 50 as a good number. When my horse hit a 51/2 hour 50 (he already had 600 miles at that point), my next ride was a 100. We did get lost for a couple of hours so that margin can be very important.

Truman

RISTREE@xxxxxxx wrote:

Okay, I'm one of those folks aspiring to do a 100 mile ride.

My horse, I think, and I'm told, is probably capable of it.  Me, I worry about.  <chuckle>

So, for those of you have done it, those of you have tried it and haven't quite succeeded yet ...

What does it take, for horse and rider, individually and collectively, to be ready to successfully and safely finish a 100 mile ride?

--Patti (not that the LD debates aren't fascinating, but this is a topic that I think several of us would really like to hear about! <evil grin>)
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