morrismob
Well-Known Member
Maybe the films of Herbie the Beetle are real after all!!! While off topic, it is related in that it is about how competition horses react to different conditions and our expectations of them. In an F1 race a false start is the same for all the cars as they all have the same delay. In individual horse sports the luck of the draw comes into play. A rider can prepare mentally to be ready at x time and take whatever is thrown at him but a 10 min time delay means the horse gets tired muscles that then lose their elasticity. You are then going from F1 to banger racing.
But OV that is my whole point in motor sport it is a seconds delay and how the driver copes and then allows his vehicle to respond, sometimes it can't usually thru money but our sport has the advantage. As riders we should be able to cope with 10 mins delay, what happens when you are schooling and your horse just doesn't respond ? Please don't limit our sport and our problems other sports have problems but cope and we must do the same. IMO