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I worked as the official timer for a ride recently and put together a table to record all that information in real time during the ride.  It worked really well and made my job as timer very easy.  It also made the ride manager's job easier while figuring out results at the end of the ride.  I would be happy to forward it to anyone who is interested.  It is in Word format.

 

Karen Lynd

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From: Beth Walker <bwalker2@xxxxxxx>
To: ridecamp <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 12:53:20 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Number of pulls vs who was pulled

Gee ... sounds like that would work great.  Maybe we should go back to the "old days".  :)

That isn't really all in fun, either.  It sounds like that kind of a report would have a lot of value.  For rides where someone had a laptop, it could all be recorded in a spreadsheet, and then just emailed.  If all the rides could do that, most of the work in putting the information into the database could be automated.

On Jun 20, 2007, at 9:29 AM, Jody Rogers-Buttram wrote:

Beth,

 

 Back in the old days, we did just that.  We didn't have the fancy pull codes,

but the ride results sent out to the riders were what you are describing...almost.

The results would be a listing of the horses thru the entire ride, times in and out

of VC's, Pulse recorded for that horse, hold time.  It was basically a spreadsheet of

data showing the progress of each horse throughout the ride.  With finishing times,

placings in the last column.  Each riders could then compare their horse's day to

any other horse in the ride.....great fun.

 

Jody

Beth Walker <bwalker2@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Mike. Your post sparked an idea (uh-oh). I see the point in
knowing whether the pulls are evenly distributed or clumped.

However, they way the codes are now, you can only infer this
information based on historical data of the horse/rider team. I
think it would be advantageous to record the placing and/or the time
of the pull.

Example: horse was in 3d place at vet check 2 when he was pulled for
lameness. The placing and in time info should be available from the
in/out timers at the vet checks. If it was recorded on the ride
results, it would support this kind of analysis. Shorthand would be
something like: L - vc2 - 2hrs 20 min, place 3d

If, in addition, each ride manager reported the milage of the vet
checks, you would have some pretty precise information - the milage
traveled, the time taken, place in the pack and the cause of the
pull. Even if the placing information is too much of a bother,
recording the milage and the time of the pull should be easy enough.
I don't think this data is currently reported.


On Jun 20, 2007, at 5:43 AM, Michael Maul wrote:

> In response to:"Let's say I want to look at the ride results from a
> particular ride in 2006 so I can be better prepared in 2007 for the
> same ride. Would it really matter to me if I learned that there
> were a total of 15 pulls with a total of 10 M and 4 L and 1 RO
> listed with the ride results with no names associated with those
> pulls? "
>
> In my personal view - I think it does matter. If most of the major
> category pulls were riders who were considered "hot shoes" that
> tells me one thing. And knowing which pulls were associated with
> which riders can tell me more about the conditions of this ride.
>
> If the distribution was even including riders who normally ride at
> the back of the pack - that would tell me something else.
>
> Mike
>
>

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