----- Original Message -----
Very late at catching up on emails. My
.02 worth:
All TERA rides state on the ride
brochures under the ride rules: All equines must see a Vet for
completion check or when pulling for any reason. This is reiterated at the
ride briefing where we let the rider know that if they can't present the
equine, we have lots of volunteers who will present the horse for
them.
Then our vets write a shorthand version
of the reason for the pull - i.e. - Gr II L RR muscle (grade II
Lameness, Right Rear muscle). Then the rider cards are transferred to the
head timer with the master time sheet where this information is again
recorded. At the end of the ride, the RM keeps the timing sheet and has all
the information the vet will require to fill in the Post Ride Statistical
Report. And if the RM wants to hand out the rider cards, they still have
all the information for reporting purposes.
This system has worked for us for
several years now. Only hitch in the works was when the PRSR was sent to the
head Vet. If they fail to bring the sheet to the ride, now we have to email
each other. Of course that was the case when I forgot to get the Vet to fill
it out at ride site, too. :-)
By doing it this way, most times the
data is reported correctly. I personally don't care how it is printed in EN, I
just want the reported data to be as accurate as possible.
Hope this helps a ride manager
somewhere,
Linda P.
Kennard, TX
