Also in CTR aren't your penalized for coming into
a check too early or too late? Thus you have to pace yourself to not be too fast
or too slow. Whereas endurance has no minimum time limits.
CTR pacing differs depending on the rules that
one rides under. Some organizations maintain about a 5 MPH pace, others
6, and others 7. Some have different windows. Sometimes the window
can be 30 min and other times it is 10 min. Sometimes, one is sent on
trail one by one, minute or half minute intervals, and sometimes groups of 5
or 6 are sent out 10 minutes apart. It all depends on the organization
that one is riding under. There is ECTRA, OATTS, UMECRA, and NATRC and
possibly others. Over the years, I learned to approximately judge my
horse's speed on trail, I knew how fast I could cover a mile at a regular
trot, an extended trot, a canter, and even a gallop. If I covered ground
too fast for the time allowed, then I might sit at the half way for 10 minutes
longer or I sat at the 2 mile mark until I could head in and not have to go
into creeper gear. Jeanie
