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Re: [RC] weight divisions - Jon . Lindermandisagree. Physics dictates that the stress on the horse is the sum total of the mass it carries (theirs, ours, and tack). weigh the whole kitten kaboodle or dig up Newtons carcass and tell him hes full of it. In your TB analogy, where is the weight added when handicapping or standardizing weight carried by jockeys?........the saddle! So how would you not include tack in weighing a rider?? My horse carries about 230 (195 human + 35 pounds junk). Whether someone chooses to ride one class or another in one specific incident may be frustrating, but most of the time the HW is the smallest class. I can think of few if any incidents where it would have benefitted me to ride MW. Fewer total HW enter at MOST (yes not all!) rides & as it has been articulated a weight class is a minimum so in theory at 230# I could enter as a FW. If of course I wanted to get proverbially spanked by 20-30 skinny minnies who can ride like the wind. We take our place at the back, often dead last & 1st HW. Jon K. Linderman, Ph.D., FACSM Associate Professor of Health and Sport Science University of Dayton To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> From: Ridecamp Guest <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: 12/29/2005 06:27PM Subject: [RC] weight divisions Please Reply to: Joyce spitfire@xxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== I believe that the weight divisions should be in accordance with the riders weight alone, not with tack. I was at a ride where the rider didn't know if he should ride middleweight or heavyweight. He asked the ride manager how many and who were in the classes. She told him and he decided on heavyweight. I know what some of you are going to say, that it shouldn't have happened, but it does. A true heavyweight doesn't have much of a chance, even though the saddle has been weighted. This is just as bad as TB racing. Believe it or not their are some riders that weigh over 250lbs without their tack. How about your opinions? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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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