Re:BC - Weight, time points and LD -oh my

[tvanhove@uswest.net]

Actually if you take the definition of work as moving a mass over a distance
then the longer the distance the more extra work the horse has done in carrying
extra weight.  When I was calculating BC for my ride I thought it was strange
that 25 mile horses get the same weight bonus as the 50 mile horses.  So heres a
hot topic for RC - should the weight points be scaled by distance?  Should time
points be reduced period? ( its my gut feeling -based on no statistics or
anything - that time points are OK to be the same for any distance because the
difference in pace has to be that much higher to gain the same # of minutes for
the shorter distances) Should the vets have more guidance in the vet handbook in
assigning the points for the vet score portion? -I'm pretty sure that the point
spread on the vet scores varies widely from vet to vet, with some using all 10
points but others using 60% as the "failing grade"

Teresa

CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 11/3/99 6:13:26 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> truman.prevatt@netsrq.com writes:
>
> << Either give one point per pound in the 100 instead fo the 1/2 point or
>  give 1/2 point per minute instead of 1. Either would probably even it
>  out.  >>
>
> Actually, since the weight factor does not vary, I think the solution is to
> adjust the time factor.  The horse has not carried any more weight per mile,
> but because the mileage has doubled, the time factor is exaggerated.
>
> Heidi
>
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