ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: Vet scoring system

Re: Vet scoring system

Luke Steele (luke.steele@fujitsu.com.au)
Thu, 12 Jun 1997 14:00:54 +1000

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At 08:39 12/06/97 +0800, Ann wrote:
>
>A point I always find interesting is that the horses often look better at
>the end of a 100 miles than they did at the 2nd or 3rd check. Anyone got any
>ideas on this?
>
My feeling from a rider's point of view is that riders will often run hard
early on and the horse shows it. Later, they will ease up and the horse can
recover, even out on the track.
Another point is that the horse's system takes maybe 50 miles of
competition to adjust and for all systems to come up to speed, so to speak.
After that the horse is probably running at a higher efficiency. Also a
psychological thing, the horse "settles down" into the work required.
Just my own experience from competing in and completing five 100 miles/1
day rides and four longer rides. I enjoy the longer rides the best.

Regards,

Luke

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Luke and Nikita and Sarah and Shadrach
Riddells Creek, Victoria, Australia

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