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Re: [RC] Preventing Treated Horses - Susan GarlinghouseOne thing that I think would be good at rides such as championship rides, FEI events, etc., where people haul a long way and where all the "money, marbles, and chalk" are on one event, would be to have a pre-ride blood panel done on ALL horses, and apply that data at the pre-ride check as to whether each horse is a go or a no-go. Heidi, I think that concept (which I think is a terrific one) could even be distilled down to packed cell and total proteins to just evaluate pre-ride hydration level. One of the trends we saw last year in all the Tevis panels drawn was that very few of the horses actually started the ride fully hydrated; and also that the hydration curves seemed to be consistent for all the horses...ie, just as an arbitrary example, if a horse started the ride 3% dehydrated, then within the first 35 miles, he could be predicted to lose another 3%, then stabilize over the next 20-30 miles, then gradually recover hydration. If the curve proves to be true, then it could be predicted that any horse starting the ride over "X" per cent dehydrated will be over an acceptable level of dehydration within "x" miles---and therefore shouldn't start in the first place, OR should have his PCV and total proteins re-checked within the first 20-30 miles or so. Just conjecture at this point, but I absolutely agree that given the portability of mobile analysis equipent, checking a few parameters pre-ride is not all that unreasonable a task. JMO. Susan Garlinghouse =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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