In a message dated 4/3/2007 6:52:45 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
c_collins@xxxxxxx writes:
"And to the FEI folks in charge at the time 'advanced'
meant 'fast' and they came up with the requirement that horse and rider
complete a 100miler at no slower thatn 12km/hr - a 13:22 ride time. That was
pretty much what started swinging the trend from technical (Tevis type) rides
to flat rides."
THUD!!!!
(...bearing NO resemblance at all to AERC
endurance....)