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Re: [RC] Reply to Truman - heidiJust for what it is worth: I don't care about being involved in all this "stuff" on RC right now. But, I have seen Nina Warren's horse, Amir Nezraff do a 7:45 min. 100 miler. He did it on a flat race track type trail and he was a high mileage horse with LOTS of wins and BC's. And he did it without all of the supplements/goodies of today's horses. I personally believe he and many others were that caliber horse. Jody Jody, you are right on the mark. We've had USA horses do this very sort of thing at home on AERC rides from time to time, and just a notch slower, the sub-9 100s are not at all uncommon. (Heck, I've even ridden one of those, and my 8:46 was only good for 6th place!) And yes, many of the horses doing such things are high-mileage horses with long careers and lots of BCs. The times and the trail are red herrings here, detracting us from the real issue (IMO) which is why, with all the modern "goodies" etc., we don't seem to be able to train horses for this, when our very own AERC mentors and examples did exactly that with far less "stuff." Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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