Ridecamp: [RC] Horse/Rider History Books re: PULL CODES

	Excuse me for maybe looking at this from the simplest form but
	having a log book follow a horse would be the best
representation of the
	horse from not only at vet/judges perspective but also an
owners'
	perspective. YES, it is brutally honest. YES, it gives the
owner/rider
	the opportunity to see and learn things about their horse and
improve
	upon them and maybe realize the horses' limitations. YES, it
gives a
	prospective buyer a TOTAL history on the horses' accomplishments
or
	failures and hopefully the reasons why. If I were going to pay a
	sizeable amount of money for a horse to ride for the specific
purpose of
	doing endurance, I sure would like to know, not only what the
horse has
	accomplished but what his limitations might be to make an
informed
	decision on purchasing him or not. I am not going to say that
all
	sellers are dishonest, but some are not totally up front with
all
	information. This is similar to the IAHA's reporting of show
	statistics. It not only shows if a horse won on a certain day
but also
	shows if that horse came in 2ond, 3rd... so on but it doesn't
say that
	maybe the horse had a stressful trailer ride and didn't show
well. A
	log book could clear those gray areas up.
	As far as ride codes for the purpose of statistics... that is
	what they should be... statistics. When we do studies of smoking
	related illnesses, we don't say that 1 out of 100 lung problems
can be
	related to smoking and John Doe is that 1 person. We just
collect the
	data and give out the information in hopes we can change things
for the
	better or keep the going status quo if they are going well.
	IMHO...
	Carrie Stewart
	Carthage, Texas
 

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