RE: [RC] Fw: [AERC-Members] Horse Identification - Bob Morris
Why a
chip? Every horse at every ride gets an inspection of the mouth for capillary
refill at least once. A lip tattoo as used by the Jockey Club on TB's would be
easy to check while vetting in and taking the refill. And it is well proven
usage in thousands of race horses and for many years. Why re-invent the
wheel?
I
smell a sales pitch.
Bob
Bob Morris Morris Endurance Enterprises Boise, ID
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Identification
Looking for comments on this
proposal. Among other things, is there an issue with
"ringer" horses being entered in rides?
Just had time to skim the minutes from the June
EN
What do others think of this "chip"
program? I can think of a bunch of problems with
this.
Nightmare of paper work for both RM and
Vets. "It is hard to keep these folks as it is."
What about the horses that already carry chips,
or registration # brands, and those that carry an owners own registered
brand? Horses can change hands and nobody knows there is already a chip,
now you could possibly get two.
How do you prove the horse that is being
"chipped" really belongs to the person presenting it?
The number of "readers" listed at 12? I
skimmed thru the ride calendar and some months there are more rides than that
in one region. How do you insure each ride will have a reader? How
do insure they will be returned in time on time?
As far as theft protection, no one can see the
chip, that horse could be sold privately several times for years before a
scanner happens to see the chip.
