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Patti wrote:
> Someone did sometime back (Truman?) bring up the idea of a 24 hour 
> race with distance covered determining the winner. Of course, this 
> might mean the front runners would have to repeat the final loops - 
> boring for the riders but simplifies life for the media/spectators. 
> Even the start could be spiced up for the media by using the old Le 
> Mans start - horses tied along a rail and the riders required to run 
> across the road, untie and mount up.
That idea came from Joe Long if I remember correctly. It would sure 
change the strategy.
> How much is it a test of the horse/rider vs satisfying media sponsors?
> It's starting to sound a bit like reality TV (where a rider dropped 
> dead yesterday while loading his horse - who happened to be named 
> "911" - into a trailer during the "Extreme Cowboy Race") instead of 
> endurance. I'm glad I'm in the US of A where a senior citizen wannabee 
> can still aspire to train for "to finish is to win".
Amen to that.
> Patti K
> Vail AZ


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