Re: RC: Re: Quarter Horses (long)

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/9/99 9:08:37 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
karen@chaton.gardnerville.nv.us writes:

<< Ooooooh, Drin......but......eeeeek you can see how new I am to the sport 
 here.....but the impression I get with the 25 milers is that horse racing 
 is what it has evolved into being NOW.  >>

Nope, Drin is right.  In "modern times" we often see fit front-running 50's 
do the first 25 in a time comparable (or sometimes faster) than what the 25's 
"win" it in.  In "olden times" when 25's were sanctioned for full points, we 
saw flat-out sprints on the 25's, and then lined 'em up for IV's.  I can 
remember John Sumerlin sprinting a 25 in Vale, Oregon, in 1:09 in those old 
days--and boy, did the horses look tough afterward!  (Of course, this was 
also before fit-to-continue days, too--I'll wager most of them weren't!)  
That was why AERC completely scrapped rides under 50 miles for awhile, before 
coming back with the LD concept.  

Heidi


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