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Carla,

I sure agree on that.  It just does not make sense to hold LD riders more than 1/2 hour on a ride. An hour hold just means I must push the horse much faster to make cut off time.  So, I ride slowly these days, and I want all the time I can get for the horse and me to complete comfortably.
Please, consider more education at the ride meeting, rather than hurting the horse with more hold time, which as Carla says, "equates to riding faster."

Lynge


-----Original Message-----
From: Carla Richardson <richardson.carla@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Barbara McCrary <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steve Shaw <sshaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Ridecamp <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 4:47 pm
Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] LD brakes on!

Maybe I'm not understanding this right, but to me, the more time I'm at a hold, or the more checks and holds there are, that means I have to ride faster, not slower.  If I have an hour hold (lunch stop), I have a ride time of 5 hours.  If I have only a 40 minute hold I have 5 hours and 20 minutes.  To someone like me, who rides slowly anyway, that makes a big difference.

 

If you are going to take away more riding time, by having an hour and a half, say, taken in vet checks and holds on a 25 mile ride, then I've only got 4 1/2 hours riding time.

 

Carla Richardson

Colorado

 

On 11/12/07, Barbara McCrary <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

This sounds like a pretty sharp idea.  More checkpoints with PR gates would
definitely make inexperienced riders think, and as you say, learn how to
read their horses.  I like it!  It wouldn't take too much effort to throw in
and extra checkpoint or two on a 25-35 mile ride.

Barbara

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Shaw" < sshaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 12:06 PM
Subject: [RC] LD brakes on!


>I have said this before.
> It is so easy to keep tight reins on the LD event for newcomers and a
> dimension of strategy for people who do this event.
> Simply put three or more vet checks or "gates"  for that event.
> Yeah, I know you will say that the ride managers can't do all that with
> vets.... but you can still just use PR gates that are staffed with
> volunteers OR even by the riders themselves. New concept. Hey, the Duck
> has some self service turn around marshals at his events.
> This would not only slow down their event but would also force them to
> KNOW how to take their own pulses, etc.
> I do not suggest a new rule (I hate them..) but maybe an encouragement and
> support for RM's that do that....
> AERC could make a suggestion statement in its tools for Ride Managers.
> Steve Shaw
>
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