[RC] Weight Divisions and Best Condition - sherman
I couldn’t
agree with you more, Phil. I vote for no weight divisions, and condition of the
horse determining BC, not time or rider weight, etc.
Kathy
Grass
Valley, CA
Now I would
like to bring up Best Condition. Originally BC was awarded to the horse
in the top ten who was in the most superior condition, in other words; in you
had to continue on, which horse you would choose. Then people who were
racing for first place felt that time should be considered and then weight
division people felt weight should be considered. We are now saddled with
a BC judging process that lets other consideration than the condition of the
horse determines the BC winner. It is not possible to do a ride where
your goal is to finish 10th and have your horse in the best possible
condition and win BC because of the other irrelevant factors the judging.
The Tevis Cup is the only ride I know of that has a meaningful BC judging
process. Along with weight divisions BC judging should be revamped to get
back to the original intent of honoring the horse that is actually in the best
condition following a ride.
