Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Finish Lines and Criteria

On Mon, 19 Aug 2002 10:14:19 -0600, Randy H Eiland
<renegade12@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Bob,
>
>I reviewed past BOD Minutes and found the following:
>
>October 22, 1999 Midyear BOD Meeting:
>
>Veterinary Committee:  Duane Barnett, chairman of the veterinary
>committee, moved for committee that-
> Any equine not meeting pulse criteria within 30 minutes of arrival at a
>veterinary check point within the ride will be disqualified.  To be added
>as rule 2.1.6.2.  Motion carried unanimously.
>
>This is interesting because this was not added as a new Rule  2.1.6.2 -
>instead, the old Rule 6.2.1.2 was modified to include the 30 minute
>criteria.  I don't know how or why it happened this way.

Well, there you have it.  There would be no need whatsoever to include
the words "within the ride" unless the intent was to make it clear
that the 30 minutes only applied to vet checks out along the trail,
and NOT the finish line.  Otherwise just saying "Any equine not
meeting pulse criteria within 30 minutes of arrival at a veterinary
check point will be disqualified" is completely sufficient.  The whole
purpose of the words "within the ride" are to make it clear that the
30 minutes specifically does not apply to the post-finish-line exam;
unfortunately, locating this rule under 6.2 instead of under 6.1 has
muddied the waters for some.

Fortunately, the matter can be easily remedied at the upcoming BoD
meeting.



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