Maclay Final Qualifications Change (Again)

[skydy]

https://www.chronofhorse.com/article/aspca-maclay-final-to-take-more-riders-in-2024/

[supershorty628]

Why do they keep trying to reinvent the wheel with Maclay Finals? What am I misisng?

[supershorty628]

@supershorty628

What am I misisng?

My spelling, apparently.

[Tini_Sea_Soldier1]

Participation trophies and money. That’s why.

[BAC]

Just what the judges want, an additional 25 more riders added to their already full schedule!

[Railbird]

They really want to make sure that the entire horse show sleeps a combined five hours across the weekend. Testing should ideally occur after 11 pm.

[dags]

And certainly doesn’t do anything to make the sport more spectator friendly.

[ww3467]

The wording is confusing since there were 228 in it last year.

[MHM]

@ww3467

The wording is confusing since there were 228 in it last year.

At the Maclay??

[ww3467]

Yes, at the Maclay.

Start Order:
https://nhs.showmanagementsystem.com/start_order/get/9a208ca1-0964-47a3-9769-8b07bcf29066/SMS-BCL-W3sibGFiZWwiOiJIT01FIiwidXJsIjoiaG9tZVwvZ2V0X2hvcnNlX3Nob3dfZm9yX2RhdGVcLzgwYTMyYjU3LTA3MjQtNDljMC05MWM3LWQ5OGU3MWY2OWY1N1wvMjAyMy0xMS0wNSIsImxldmVsX2lkIjoiNjY2MWNhZTMxNDEyYyJ9XQ==

Chronicle Commentary:
https://www.chronofhorse.com/article/2023-aspca-maclay-finals-commentary/

[ww3467]

Based on this article from last year, it looks like they originally planned to limit entries to 150 for 2024. So the “increase” is based on the original plan for this year.

https://www.chronofhorse.com/article/aspca-maclay-qualifying-criteria-changes-again-for-2024/