The next thing that we can do is to explain terms such as the pace time. The pace time is the ideal time to safely but quickly ride the set trail. When the competitors arrive they send out teams of two or three to ride the trail. Checkpoints set along the ride ensure that the riders are staying on course and are not overworking their horses. Each group of riders is timed. Riders are penalized for either riding too fast and beating the pace time, or too slow and taking longer than the pace time. The group to come closest to the pace time wins the competition.(Source:Wikipedia.org)

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