Re: Newbie query: why required weight?

[Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com>]

That is their "handicap" or "disadvantage"...they wanted to compete at a higher
level bad enough to develop the ability and train for distances on foot..TO HELP
THEIR HORSES.  It paid off...

Teddy


CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 98-09-03 01:46:36 EDT, Teddy@runningbear.com writes:
>
> <<  That rider IS
>  and ALWAYS will be at a disadvantage. >>
>
> That doesn't stop them from winning medals or Top Tenning, however.  Chris
> Knoch was the silver medalist in Flagstaff; Sherman Leitgeb, in his first ever
> FEI appearance, was 11th at the Pan Am in Bend.  The heavier riders are also
> often the best runners, which often makes up for the weight factor, since the
> weight spends a lot of time not on the horse.
>
> Heidi Smith, DVM