Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Finish lines and criteria

On Mon, 19 Aug 2002 09:56:35 -0400, Truman Prevatt
<tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>While I tend to agree with you that is a new interpretation, I would 
>also assume that the interpretation in the EN presented by a member of 
>the rules committee is the correct interpretation. It may have been an 
>inadvertent consequence of when the rule was changed to read 30 minutes 
>at the control points and then someone realized the end of the ride is 
>also a control point till the horse has passed the final exam. It may be 
>that the BOD did not intentionally make this change resulted from total 
>wording of rule 6.2. Namely 6.2.1.1 says one thing when taken out of 
>context but when taken in context with the rest of 6.2.1 means something 
>else.

I don't agree.  That's like saying if one Circuit Court judge makes a
ruling on some point of law, that is the Law of the Land.  The final
arbiter of our rules in AERC is the Board of Directors.

I just looked at the *entire* Rule 6 in context, and 6.2.1.1 has
serious problems.  It is in the wrong place, for one thing.  Whereas
6. deals with the overall requirements for completing a ride, and
includes "f.  passing vet check requirements" and "i. meeting criteria
at post-finish-line check" (note these are two distinct line items),
6.2 deals in particular with the post-finish-line check.  Nothing else
in 6.2 applies to any other check.  So, putting a rule applying to vet
checks *during the ride* under 6.2 was putting it in the wrong place,
guaranteed to cause confusion.  It belongs under 6.1.  IMO it also
needs to be re-written to make it clear to everyone that the
post-finish-line check is a different check where 60 minutes is
allowed.

>Most people probably get their final exam when they meet  pulse and I 
>would suspect most meet pulse within 30 minutes. It makes little 
>difference to me and probably makes little difference to most riders but 
>we should all know what the rule means and if it is not as intended it 
>should be dealt with. That interpretation will make things a little less 
>confusing at co-sanctioned FEI rides since it removes one difference in 
>the rules.

I agree with part of this -- I don't recall ever needing more than 30
minutes to recover at the finish.  However, we don't change our rules
to "avoid confusion" with FEI rules.  Let's not have the tail wag the
dog.  And, I see no reason to change the long-standing policy of
allowing the rider one full hour to present his horse to the vets in
condition to continue (including meeting pulse criteria).



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