[RC] WEC Completion Rate - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: Kim kimfue@xxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== Stagg, Perhaps the completion rate is not much different BUT shouldn't the completion rate be higher because the caliber of horses and riders are assumed to be the best the world has to offer. As I recall, there has been many heated discussions on this list about the low completion rate at the Tevis and at this year's National Championship. Why are we so critical about a 70 % pull rate at Tevis or the NC if there is the same pull rate at a World Championship. The qualifications to get to the WEC are much stricter then either the Tevis or the NC. I can't get over the fact the 73% of the world's best horses (which are all experienced 100 mile horse/rider teams) could not finish the course because of lameness or metabolic failure. Is this low number acceptable in International Riding??? Again I ask the question ( and this is an honest question) What does this extremely high DNF percentage at the Olympic level say about endurance riding to the rest of the equestrian world. Is it OK that 73% of the horses entered could not finish because of physical/metabolic breakdown? Again, I am not being critical about the strict criteria used for vetting but something is not right when there is this kind of attrition rate with the best horses and riders the world has to offer. This was a 100 mile course that may have been technical because of the sand but all the horses entered were experienced 100 mile horses that had to qualify with an FEI COC. Shouldn't more horse/rider teams of this caliber be able to complete? Again, with all their experience at this distance why the high failure rate? At the Tevis and the NC horse/rider teams are not required to have the extensive experience that FEI teams have at this level. I would expect the DNF levels at Tevis and the NC to be higher just on this fact alone. Please tell me where I am wrong in my thinking. Kim Fuess WEC completion rate was 36%. This is not that much different from the completion rates at several of the recent Tevis rides and AERC National Championships. So we may need deeper analysis to understand all of the factors. Completion Rates - 2000 to 2004 Year AERC National Championship 100 Mile Tevis 2004 36% 53% 2003 64% 49% 2002 38% 43% 2001 35% 40% 2000 59% 48% In the case of the Tevis, the toughness of the course is probably a major factor. In the AERC National Championship, riders pressing for the best possible finishing may be a major factor. Note these two statements are spectulation. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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