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I prefer to think (and hope) that the reason for the high completion rate was not only the caliber of horse and rider in this trial, but also the high desire to ensure Malaysia would qualify for the real thing next year.

 

Sure, the $5,000 cash is nice, but that's just a drop in the bucket really, for riders and teams in the overall cost of riding at this level, internationally.  Or am I wrong?

 

Carla Richardson

Colorado

 

On 11/11/07, Sbolinge@xxxxxxx <Sbolinge@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Wow! That is an incredible completion rate! I think the $5000 prize money for finishing is a huge part of this completion rate. I know there are other factors, riding at night, rain, but still, the 5000 dollars just to finish would have inspired everyone to ride with a huge emphasis on taking good care or their horses to insure a finish on a healthy horse. It proves that completion rates of 50% and better can be accomplished at 100 mile FEI endurance rides...Where there is a will there is a way and in this case the will was bolstered by the purse for completion.

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