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Re: [AERC-Members] [RC] RO pulls poll - Truman PrevattThat's not what I said. ROL and ROM are fine because they do indicate the reason for the pull. At issue is the use of RO instead of one of the others.It looks like that there was rampant abuse of RO particularly in the 50's prior to about 2001. So much so that's it's impossible to tell much why horses were getting pulled. For example looking at the 50's there has been an upward trend in lameness pulls since 1996. Should we be concerned, yes and no since at the same time there has been a downard trend (at about the same rate) in RO pulls. So is it: for some reason we are seening a higher risk of lameness in this distance or is it: many lamness pulls were misclassified as RO for whatever reason. This didn't seem to be the case in the 1 day 100's interestingly enough. In the LD's there also seems to be abuse of the RO even today. How is one to reliability determine, for example, if the 50 is metabolically harder on the horse than the 25 if the pull codes are no more valid than a flip of a coin? This also seems to be more of an issue in some regions (and probably with some vets) than others. Truman Kathy Mayeda wrote: Truman, I don't understand why having ROM or ROL as pull codes would dilute any of the data. These codes just indicate that the rider was aware enough of a problem and pulled the horse voluntarily. I guess if it is verified by a veterinarian, it could almost be classified as the same "not finishing reason" as a regular veterinary control pull. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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