Chocobo Riding to other citys,towns (Race Time Quest)

[Inaaca]

1st Prizes for winning:
New gear for your chocobo that increases speed/defense
New chocobo jack coat/dress/hat/pants/cape/ that increases rider's stability/handling of the chocobo's movement
a gold crown that says "Chocobo Racing King/Queen" and baraging rights (until someone beats you)

2nd prize:
Saddle flags
Silver tiara thingy that says "Chocobo racing prince/Princess"

3rd:
bronze circlet that says "Chocobo racing slow poke"

So this may be a small point and I'm nitpicking a theoretical idea, but here goes anyways.

Just gotta say that I'm strongly against granting faster racing gear to the 1st place race winners. Reason for this being, is that those who are already good enough to win, are then being rewarded with equipment that grants an edge that makes it even easier to win.

Once enough racers had attained the gear and the competition became saturated with "geared up" racers, a rift would develop between those that had won the faster gear and those who hadn't. The racers without gear would never be able to attain it because the only way to get it is to win, and the only way to win is to have faster gear, leaving the races virtually inaccessible to them.

So if better racing gear were to exist, it shouldn't be gained via winning the races, but by some other means. Race prizes should either be aesthetic, or improve some other factor.