I think what stuck out in your post was the statement that "far
too many horses are asked to perform beyond their capabilities". I
ride a ride at the same speeds that I condition. Actually, most rides are
pretty easy compared to the terrain I condition on; Whiskeytown, Ca. is used
and, has been used by many successful Tevis riders and Tevis
hopefuls. I, for one, do not race anyone; I ride the way I
condition, and I think I do a good job of conditioning. BC awards are an
"A" grade. No one else failed, but I did pretty good on that day's
test. As Heidi stated, in a race with 11 horses or 111,
there are going to be 10 that come in before all the others. Those are the
ones that should be finely scrutinized. I understand your statement that
the top ten are being graded "on a curve", but the AERC BC has it's standards,
and, if NO horses are found to be in good condition, then NO BC award has to be
given. I believe this is a GOOD thing! renie
On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 20:36:42 -0800 Laney Humphrey <laneyhh@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I
haven't even read most of the LDBC posts because I'm just not >
interested but yours caught my eye, Renie. I see a fundamental flaw
> in > your reasoning re a BC award and achieving an A in school.
> Theoretically, any student who "works hard" enough can earn an A;
> teachers are not required, to my knowledge, to grade on the Bell
> curve. > If all the kids in a class do A work, they
all get A's and the > teacher > gets a gold star. That isn't
true for any level of endurance ride. > > Only one horse can be
awarded the BC award for each milage > distance. >
The 2 problems I see with your
reasoning are that far too > many horses > get asked to
perform far beyond their capabilities in the hopes of > being
