Re: [RC] re: Endpoint of an endurance ride - Elite
I remember a ride where the
horses pulse wouldn't come down (1st place) and yet the horse did the rest of
the final exam. They took the horse back to the trailer and was working to
get the pulse down. When they finally did and presented the horse, the vet
asked them to trot out again and the horse was off. They felt that
the horse should get a completion, the vet said that the horse was not "fit to
continue" at that point, no completion.
Right or wrong? ... I don't
know... but that's the way it went.
Linda
There's really no rule that says you must present to the vet judge for
the final exam and do everything at once. Many a time I've come it and
my pulse rate is too hight but I go ahead and trot out for soundness. We
call this trot for completition but the pulse MUST come down for a
completition as well. I'll come back a few minutes later for the vet to
check the pulse. THEN, we're completed!
Most times, I'll tell the vet that our pulse is too high (likely MINE is
too) but we'd like to trot out now. He'll go ahead and do the entire vet
check procedure and by the time he gets to the pulse, my horse IS down!
That's a nice feeling.
But to complete a horse without checking pulse and soundness is against
the rules.
Susan Young Casey, Princess of Pink; secretary,
RRRSA Semper Obliquo (Always aside)
Glenndale Grace Farm, Ft
Gibson, Oklahoma U.S.A.
"Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if
that will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race!" -
Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
