RE: [RC] [RC] Texas Bluebonnet Results? AKA The Weird Thing About Doing 100's - Kristen A Fisher
Lisa was 2nd and high vet
score, Chris was 3rd. Ann McFarland and the 2 juniors she took on
were 4-6. Bridgette Caperton was 7th and Jean from New Mexico was the turtle – it was
said she got a little off trail in the dark but got it corrected and came in
with a minute to spare!
It was great to meet Paul who of course
is legendary on RC and in EN – hopefully next time you come to TX your luck
will hold for another 10 miles.
Kristen
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ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dawn Carrie Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008
10:21 AM To: Paul Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] Texas
Bluebonnet Results? AKA The Weird Thing About Doing 100's
Yes, Darolyn and Mercy won and BCed...I heard Mercy looked really
good. That is a very nice little mare...I like the way she's put
together. Chris Lewis and Lisa Skalski
came in 2nd and 3rd (not sure who was 2nd, who was 3rd; they were
together). Anyone know who the stalwart was who finished at 5:29?
Good for them for sticking it out and completing...now that's
endurance!!!! Bear and I finished our first 100 there at 5:10 in 2006,
and I thought our record for long would stand for years, but I think someone
broke it the very next year.
Ann Goolsby took a bad fall and pulled RO with a bruised back and
neck; Kris Anderson pulled RO or RO-M with a tired horse and inverted CRI with
2 loops left. Todd H. (he's already posted) pulled with his mare having a
mild colic that quickly resolved (whew). Not sure of the other pulls.
Congrats to everyone who completed and to those who gave it a good try
as well. I hope to be back with y'all next year!
Dawn Carrie (who made it through the 50 on double doses of codeine)
I was at the Texas Bluebonnet ride last weekend at the LBJ
Grasslands. It was very nice. If you have never been there, it might surprise
you. It is in Texas.
We never saw a Bluebonnet. There were loads of other really pretty flowers, but
not one Bluebonnet to be seen. Also if you have been to Texas and seen the areas of endless miles of
open brown grass rangeland, you might think the LBJ National Grasslands would
be this type of country. It isn't. It is probably 50% wooded with meadows. It
was really pretty and green. Ride management and volunteers did a great job.
Anyways. I briefly saw part of both the 25 mile and 50 mile
award meetings. Unfortunately this was at my 30 minute vet checks for the
100, so we didn't stop to listen. Who were the top 50's? What were their
times? I know they were flying early, as about a dozen of them passed all
the 100's at the 18-20 mile mark of the first loop. (We had an hour head start).
They were running about a 2 hour pace for the 26 mile loop. I heard they slowed
down later and had a few pulls but no details. How fast did the 25's
go? Heard there were over 70 of them.
It struck me as being really strange as a 100 rider to start
riding before the rest of camp was awake and then during our early loops seeing
the early pulls from the 25's and 50's already leaving camp hauling home. Then
later we came in while the 25 awards were going on, and still later we were
vetting again when the 50's were having dinner and awards. During the ride we
constantly saw folks packing up and leaving. By the time we finished, almost
everybody was asleep or gone. At 8:00 am the next morning the 100's had awards
in a mostly deserted camp. It is really weird to be at a ride and not
have a clue as to how it turned out. You see people you know before the ride.
But they have gone to bed or gone home by the time you finish, so you don't
know how they did. They had a Result Board for the 25's and 50's , but it was
put away by the time we got done.
Here is what I remember of the 100 results. (I was
zonked out and this may not be really accurate) 14 starters. 8 completions.
(the last at 5:29 am). Darolyn Butler on Mercy finished first and got
BC in about 12 1/2 hours. Kris finished 3rd. (I forgot her last name) Anne
Mc Farland finished 4th and had two Juniors with her.. We got pulled
at 90 miles (aw crud)..
