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I don't know statistics about how many horses finish all 5 days of a 
multi-day, but I have done so a good many times.  My experience showed me 
that my horse peaked out on day 3 and then leveled out on days 4 and 5.  I 
love riding the same horse all 5 days.  There is something special about 
sharing that experience with the same horse.  I have also ridden a few 
multi-days on two different horses, but it's more fun to do it on one.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert J. Morris" <bobmorris@xxxxxxxx>
To: "'terre'" <tobytrot@xxxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 10:40 AM
Subject: RE: [RC] multis,2-day 100s


> <<<just didn't start the next day), could this not be seen as a
> 'failure' on
> the other days...(pre-pull?).>>
>
> Sounds like you are trying to say "If I intended to fail and I did, did
> I?"
>
> Bob Morris
> Boise, ID
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of terre
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 10:48 AM
> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [RC] multis,2-day 100s
>
> Don't forget that a '2 day 100" is not the same as a multiday,
> or--say--2 50s.  If you enter the '2-day 100' and only do one day you
> don't get a completion, just as if you entered a 1-day 100 and pulled
> at 50 miles.
>
> Part of the allure of multidays is that you can go intending to do
> all of x number of days, but if you pull on one or just don't feel
> like doing it you still get credit for the days you DID do.
>
> I don't see much point in "2 day 100s"--you accomplish the same thing
> by riding back-to-back 50s, without the risk of losing the completion
> of the first day if something happens on the second.  Unless,
> perhaps, it is the mental aspect of 'commitment'.
>
> Parenthetically, I've always had a bit of a 'quibble' with the stats
> from multidays.  People will occasionally state that the multiday
> rides have a 'higher completion rate' than single 50s or 100s,
> implying that they are 'safer', or ridden differently.  But this
> doesn't take into account how many horses on any given day are
> "fresh" (ie not ridden the day before) or how many riders intended to
> do something other than what they did.  Ie, if the rider went
> intending to do all 5 days and only did 3 or 4 (without a pull, just
> didn't start the next day), could this not be seen as a 'failure' on
> the other days...(pre-pull?).  I know this isn't very clear--what I'm
> getting at is that many more horses complete each day of a multi than
> do all 5--and we can't tell if the original intention was to do all 5
> or not.  I'd be interested in knowing THAT stat.  To put it another
> day...if there was a single entry "5 day 250 mile ride", how many
> horses would complete it?
>
> terre
>
>
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