Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Finish lines and criteria

Ed...

    Am I reading this post right... your saying that riders do their
completions in steps... the movement, then pulse, etc?
    At a ride I was at earlier this spring a horse was fine on all except
pulse (if I remember right), anyway once they got the pulse down then the
horse was starting to stiffen up and was "off".  The vet said that there
wouldn't be a completion because "fit to continue" meant everything had to
be alright all at once.  In other words... the horse could come back when
the pulse was down... but movement still had to be good.   The people
working on the horse had argued that it was all right when the horse came in
and that he had already "passed" on his movement.
    So... how is this supposed to work?

Linda



> Another consideration is that the vets at MW rides want to see the horse
one
> hour after the ride to check for any late developing problems.  Most
riders
> trot for locomotion completion as soon as they get in, just in case a
hitch
> develops in the git-a-long while standing around (a real possibility at
> early and late season rides) and go back for pulse and the rest at an
hour.
> If the 30 min pulse were to be enforced, this would mean one more trip to
> the vet.  A bother for the vet, the rider and the horse.  Most horses
resent
> being dragged away from their hay after 50 miles.
>
> Ed.
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