If you finished an hour ahead of every one else but came in with a lame horse who was bleeding from rough usage of the bit, etc. you'd be out of the running. If you came in later, in a heavy weight division, with a horse that was sound as a dollar, you would be rated higher than someone at the same time, in lesser condition.
Speaking of Bay, bet if you took him out on a course, he'd know exactly what to do. My old riding mare had run endurance before I got her. The one competive ride we went on, she automatically took the trails marked with the pink ribbon :) - she knew more than me.
Becky, your garden is really going to be outstanding when all in bloom.
Hair, I love the tulips, mine are starting to bloom now, but I don't have near that many..lol
Sharn, I used to watch "Victory Garden", and remember the Galloway Gardens...very beautiful. What a weekend this has been. Two of my cats, got hit yesterday. The young one (9 months), who I just had spayed, got hit sometime in the night. She hardly ever goes out, and wouldn't go near the road. The other was the goofy orange cat. He would go for walks in the woods, with my granddaughter and me, and was a real card. I was out putting down mulch in the front, and my neighbor told me the cat was laying on the road. It must have happened when I went back to the barn for a few minutes. There is so much traffic on this road, since they developed the old dairy farm. I just hate it.
It has been so beautiful, weather wise here. No rain for 8 days, and temps in the low 70's. I did go to a shoot today. Boy, I could tell I better get practicing. Didn't do very well.