Re: RC: RO

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In a message dated Tue, 9 Oct 2001 12:10:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Susan Young Casey <glenn218@yahoo.com> writes:

> When it comes to that "gray" area like "My horse feels
> off but he doesn't look off.  I'm not going to take
> the chance and I'll pull now" type stuff, that is a
> definate RO because the vet didn't have sufficient
> cause to pull the horse.

I disagree.  As a rider, I know I can often "feel" something off before I can "see" it off as a vet.  That is still a lameness--just to a lesser degree.  (You don't know how many times as a vet I wish I could get ON the horse and trot it a few steps to see if that tiny variation can be felt from the saddle or not!)  While in fact it is the "rider's option" to pull the horse at that point, the whole point of the pull code system is to identify when there are issues brewing with THE HORSE.  That is one reason why I think renaming the RO pull code would alleviate the confusion.

Heidi