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Terre said:

> To put it another way, most people don't set out to produce a
> sub-optimal performance.
Depending upon how you define "sub-optimal" (since one COULD define
"optimal" to be that which you set out to do, in which case it would be
axiomatic that it is impossible to set out to produce a sub-optimal
performance :)).

If, however, what you mean by sub-optimal is to produce something less
than the horse's best possible performance on any individual day, then I
can honestly say, that at least for me you are wrong.

At every endurance ride I go to I actively seek to produce this kind of
sub-optimal performance. I try very hard (although I confess that I
don't always succeed) to never ask my horse to get any where near the
extent of its capabilities.

And, I suspect that I am not alone in this....but if I am, I shouldn't
be. :)

kat
Orange County, Calif.


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