Re: Longer Tevis Winning Time

[Larry Suddjian <wstf@foothill.net>]

The Trail was 1.5 miles longer and the times thru Francisco's were like
1997.  Things slowed down after Lower Quarry.  The vets thought the horses
looked better at Foresthill than they ever had.  The completion rate was
55.25% ... best for many years.  The TOUGH Trail takes its toll on time.

All stats will follow soon.

Larry Suddjian, Ride Director
http://www.foothill.net/tevis

Jennifer Heim wrote:

> When I told the other people I was crewing with at Tevis that the winner
> normally comes in around 9:30pm or so, I was met with sidelong stares
> and "ya-sure's".
>
> Could it be that the longer time this year was due to horses not getting
> a full hour's rest at Michigan Bluff?  I know that the place "to make
> some time" is between Michigan Bluff and Foresthill - maybe this year
> horses didn't have enough groceries or down time to really kick it into
> gear.  In studying past years' Tevis times, one horse averaged close to
> 20mph (swear to God) in this section, the average was 7mph.  I can't
> wait to study this year's times to see what the average and fastest was
> for this section.
>
> How 'bout you riders that did it this year?  Would you have been happier
> (and your horses more rested) having a longer rest period at Michigan
> Bluff?  I can't imagine that many horses ate well in fifteen minutes
> after those canyons.  Another question - how many riders stayed longer
> at MB and continued the ride?
>
> Just curious.
> Jen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Suddjian [mailto:wstf@foothill.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 1998 10:00 PM
> To: SandyDSA@aol.com
> Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: Re: Potato is in!
>
> Average for the last years (1965 thru 1997) was 13:19 hours.  Potato had
> a
> riding time of 15:44.
>
> Larry Suddjian, RD
>
> SandyDSA@aol.com wrote:
>
> > 22:59 Potato Richardson came across the finish line! Anyone know what
> the
> > average winning completion time is?
> > s