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Susan Garlinghouse did a study at the 1998 Tevis of body measurements 
and condition score relative to completion.
http://www.shady-acres.com/susan/tevis98.shtml
I think it was after her study that opinions about what endurance horses 
should look like began to change.
Laney

WRSINOSKY@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Angie:  I had to laugh over your expertise at your first ride, 
> especially the following:
>
> The ones that I thought were rejects that had been bought at an auction 
> the week before (they still had the numbers on their hips!) were the 
> ones that looked great after the 100.
>
> It brought back memories of my first ride. I saw this poor, emaciated, 
> black DOG! Well, actually, it was a skinny little Ayrab that looked like 
> a good wind would knock it over. Couldn'ta been more that 14.3, if that. 
> Seriously, it looked like a big whippet. I couldn't believe anyone would 
> ever consider getting on this poor critter, let alone enter it in a ride.
>
> Th whippet was in the top ten in the 50.
>
> Cindy Edwards


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