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Re: [RC] [RC] New 30 minute rule for 50s - Long - Joe LongOn Sun, 06 Jul 2003 01:20:27 +0000, "Nancy Mitts" <mitts_n@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: That was just one instance. If we are going to have rules and expect the riders to willingly follow them, the riders have a right to know what to expect before they get to the ride. ... Deviation from 60 minutes for completion is far from the norm. What if a vet decided to put pulse criteria at 48? Within 20 minutes? Technically they have the right to do so. How many riders would consider this fair? It would keep horses safer, right? How low is too low, how much recovery time is too short? I would want this info before getting to the ride. ... If a vet feels strongly enough that it should be 30 minutes, what's the problem with letting the RM know that when they are hired, so the info can be passed on to the riders? I would want to know of a change of this magnitude before leaving to travel to a ride, because IMO it would be a good reason not to go. I pace for my horses to recover within five minutes or less at vet checks, but when I'm racing it isn't unusual to need more than 30 minutes to recover at the finish. Not allowing the full hour is incompatible with the fact that endurance rides are also a race, and the riders must be allowed to race. -- Joe Long jlong@xxxxxxxx http://www.rnbw.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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