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> In MN and WI, it is common practice (especially at cold rides), to trot
for
> completion as soon as you get in.  You then spend a full hour tending to
> your horse, then present for the final examination which includes pulse
guts
> and all the other stuff.  Usually the vet has you trot again, but it
doesn't
> count.  Note that the key is that no matter when you meet pulse criteria
you
> have not completed until reexamined at one hour.
That, too, is in violation of AERC rules--you specifically can present at
any time within the hour to get your completion.

But back to the trotting for completion prior to pulsing down.  The standard
is "fit to continue."   If at a given time, he can trot out sound, but his
pulse is still up, that does not constitute fit to continue.  Likewise, if
he has pulsed down but can no longer trot out, that does not constitute fit
to continue.  He MUST have his pulse down AND be able to trot out, all in
one exam, in order to be deemed fit to continue.  I don't know why that is
such a difficult thing to grasp.

I'd liken it to trying on a jump suit.  You can get your legs into it, but
if you do, you can't reach it with your arms.  Or you can get your arms into
it, but then you can't reach it with your legs.  But because you have gotten
both your arms AND your legs into it on separate occasions, you buy it
because you have determined that it "fits."  Uh, I don't think so!

Heidi


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