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RE: [RC] [Guest] Over Ridden, But Fit To Continue - Alison FarrinI think we just have a difference in semantics here. Common to our region (PS) is the perception that if your horse does not recover in the vet check in 10 minutes or less, you are overriding for his fitness level. Therefore, the horse that recovers in 12 minutes is "Overridden". This is a clue to slow down!!!!! It does not mean that the horse is not "fit to continue", as you have the full 30 minutes under AERC to recover. Alison A. Farrin Innovative Pension Innovative Retirement Services 858-748-6500 x 107 alison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: Ridecamp Moderator [mailto:ridecamp-moderator@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 11:18 AM To: guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] [Guest] Over Ridden, But Fit To Continue Karen Nelson knelson@xxxxxxxxxx This statement, IMO, is an OXYMORON. If you ARE fit to continue, you haven't over ridden. If you have over ridden, you ARE NOT fit to continue. Ride managers get alot of grief from riders who get abusive with vets and volunteers. Time to step up and listen to the little voices in our guts that tell us there is a problem developing. I would rather give a vet/ride manager a heads up about a horse I thought was in trouble than keep silent and watch the horse get into trouble. Having said that, IMO there are alot of very technically competent vets who have no starch in their spine about DQ'ing a horse when it is marginal. Time for a gut check, folks. Something about riders won't come to this ride if we are too tuff. I will-again and again- because I will respect that vet and ride manager much more. I have ridden a few miles, not as many as lots of AERC members, but I have pulled horses more than once that the vet said could go on, and I knew that something was wrong. Could the horse come out of the glitch I sensed? I don't know, and will never know. I DO KNOW that they are still alive..one is 24 and still being ridden on short rides and he is still spunky. Sometimes it is hard to keep your eyes on the prize--JUST FINISHING!! I have top tenned, but the best stories I can tell till I die are the ones where we just slugged it out and helped others along the way. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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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