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Rob and Annabelle said:  Have everyone weigh in before the ride. Determine 
the weight of the heaviest rider and have all the other riders add weight to 
their saddles to match it.
Then all rider and tack would weigh the same.


Assuming you were serious (which I don't think you were) I say this does not 
work for two reasons.

1) Dead weight is harder to carry then the live weight of the rider because 
the rider controls the distribution of their weight.  Therefore, a horse 
carrying a 150 lb rider will have less of a challenge, than a horse carrying 
100 lbs of rider and 50 lbs of dead weight.  You can also assume that the 
horse carrying the 150 lb rider is used to carrying that weight, where as a 
horse who conditiioned with a lighter rider would not be used to carrying 
the extra weight.

2) You assume that every horse competing is capable of carrying the same 
weight with the same level of performance impact.  Given the variety of 
breeds, sizes, etc. I think this is an incorrect assumption.

Nikki
AERC M33800 / PNER 3782



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