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Ranelle Rubin wrote:
> I think if your horse was well rested, yet very well legged up before 
> Swanton, it would be doable. I have yet to finish my first 100 either, 
> so I am certainly no expert.
>
> Personally, if I already had my Tevis buckle, and was worried about 
> doing them both, I would chose Swanton. If you have never ridden there, 
> it is one amazing place. It is certainly a more "user friendly" ride to 
> do compared to the logistics of Tevis.

I've completed over thirty 100's, and I believe that "conventional 
wisdom" tends to be overly-conservative on this point.  Some horses may 
need four weeks or more to recover after a 100, but many can come back 
and do another 100 in two weeks if they haven't been over-stressed at 
the first one.  Some can do 100's one week apart, and not just two in a 
row, but three or even more, with no ill effects.


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Joe Long
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