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>>>ROGER WROTE: Since I was NOT at the OD -
let me ask this one - DID ALL the horses
get the CRI done at ALL VC-
AND - at the FINISH - was it used as a
finishing criteria? COULD you have
been pulled for a 'failed' CRI at
the finish?? Need to define
that one?<<<
I can answer
this. Yes, all horses were subject to CRI at all checks. The only
horses who were CRI'd at the finish did so in conjuction with BC judging.
Finish criteria was a straight trot. So no, you could not have been pulled
at the finish for a 'failed' CRI.
I was at
the pre ride vet meeting and it was stated very plainly by the head vet
that CRI is only one criteria and not to be a stand alone
issue.
BTW, I have
finished over 60 AERC races, over 10 100s, most all of it in the top ten, and in
several regions. I do not feel I have ever been pulled unjustly, in fact,
if I was pulled, I knew it was coming. OK, Howard, I agree, that doesn't
mean it doesn't happen, but that is also a whale of
experience.
Laura Hayes
AERC #2741
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