Re: RC: Fw: Fwd: and LD BC

["Nancy Mitts" <mitts_n@hotmail.com>]

I don't like the "only a trot out" at the end for completion, either. (For 
any distance) We should be getting a complete exam just like any other vet 
check. Otherwise it defeats the purpose of "fit to continue" for completion.
As a ride manager, our rides have been pretty small. I would dread having 
all the extra paperwork from 40 LD BC's + the other distances.
There is so much variation in BC scoring from 1 vet to the next. It's really 
the one "horse show" aspect to our sport. I would just as soon see BC 
dropped altogether rather than expanded.

Nancy Mitts


>From: tallcarabs@juno.com
>To: ridecamp@endurance.net
>Subject: RC:   Fw: Fwd: and LD BC
>Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 09:33:34 -0500
>
>Maybe the rules for BC in LD could be changed?   Like a smaller amount of
>points for placing.  How about instead of all the LD riders get to be
>scored for BC, just the first half?  I think that would make it a little
>easier on whoever is doing the scoring when there's 70 to  80 riders!
>  I'm new at this and I'm just shooting out ideas off the top of my head,
>so please don't send them down in flames too harshly!! :o)  I got to
>stand for BC once, on my 3rd LD ride and I really liked the experience.
>Mostly I just liked having the more extensive vet check at the end
>instead of the usual -- "just trot off, you look good, bye."   I'm
>usually the most paranoid about my horse at the end of a ride rather than
>in the middle.
>
>Rae
>Tall C Arabians -- TX
>
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