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Gosh, you mean they didn't have to have a new rule to tell everyone how to 
make it better? 



rides2far@xxxxxxxx writes: 

> > Ohyeah!  Several rides I did this year had LOOOONNNGGG walks back to 
> > camp and to the "official, final" vet exam. renie
>
> Bruce needs to list those long walks as some of the improvements we've
> had. Back when I went to my first ride, to get to the finish line riders
> crossed a 2 lane highway (which wasn't necessarily busy but did have
> semis coming down it at 55 mph) and then went right through the middle of
> camp for 100 yards aimed directly at an old barn. I've seen horses run
> through it, and others swerve, turn left and go up the hill through the
> woods after crossing the finish. They hung the kind of roping with
> triangular multicolored flags that used to hang around car lots on both
> sides of the race strip. People galloped across the pavement at times. I
> used to have video of Susan Kasemayer racing someone in and her horse
> went down on the pavement and she was knocked out cold. Rides became more
> and more conscious of having safe finish lines rather than entertaining
> race offs that everyone could see so they moved the finish lines to safer
> places even if it was far from camp.  
>
> At Longstreet's Charge our finish line is one mile from camp. That's at
> the crest of a very long gradual climb that's good dirt and plenty wide.
> Right after that the road turns downhill towards camp, has gravel that's
> worked in to make it slick, twisting turns and drop offs on the side. In
> order for the finish to be safe, the finish line is a long walk that's
> out in the sun and the finish timer has a lonely job, but it's real
> progress in safety.  It would be nice if they decide to go with this 30
> min. thing if they'll be sure it doesn't encourage some managements to
> move their finish line to a more dangerous spot to keep it close enough
> to camp. Kat's PR person at the finish line might help, but in the case
> of Longstreet's Charge, it would probably require that we figure out how
> to get a LOT of water out there...it's in the sun, not accessable to crew
> vehicles and not a good place to get your horse down. 
>
> Angie 
>
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