Re: Newbie query: why required weight?

[Truman Prevatt <truman.prevatt@netsrq.com>]

If we are ignore long term are we not taking the word endurance out of
the sport.  If it is a single season wonder - "wham bam thank you mam",
it is just a longer "flat race."

Truman

Susan Evans Garlinghouse wrote:
> 
> Jerry Fruth wrote:
> >
> > Truman, As you know I have nothing but the highest regard for Susan and her
> > work.  However, on this one, Susan, you are all wet.
> 
> Like everyone else, you're welcome to an opinion.  Read on.
> 
>   There is no way a
> > heavyweight rider can take his horse out month after month and chase the
> > flyweights and expect that horse to hold up for the long term.
> 
> I never said anything about long-term, did I?  If you like, I'll send
> you a copy of the study---in which I specifically discuss that the
> results apply ONLY to single events, and does not and cannot make any
> predictions about effects over the course of a career.  So read the
> study first, Jerry---you'll see that you're arguing points that I'm not
> trying to make.:-)
> 
> Susan G

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