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Re: [RC] Tevis - Strategy for vet checks - Kristen A Fisher

Could you get through P&R and get your P&R time, and then let your horse eat
before you go through the vet check? Say you had an hour hold that starts
when you go through P&R. Could you let the horse eat for 20 mins and still
have 40 mins to vet through? Your card would still reflect when you had
P&R'ed so your out time should be the same. Of course, if the line gets
longer and you don't vet through in 40 mins, you have to be prepared to
leave after what your out time should have been. Or am I missing something?
I can see going straight to the vet line if it is a long line, but can't you
usually have a bucket of food/hay in line if you are waiting to vet through?

Kristen

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Subject: [RC] Tevis - Strategy for vet checks


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Anyway, my question is how to best handle checks like Tevis where as soon as
you P&R you go to the vet.  My usual strategy is to P&R as fast as possible
then let my horse eat and drink for as long as possible before vetting
through and getting ready to head out again.

I didn't realize that once I P&R'd I'd have to go to the vet straight away
and at the time I was there, I couldn't bring food or water in with me.  My
horse got a C+ on gut sounds and a 44/40 CRI.  When I came back through for
a re-check, he had the chance to eat and drink and his gut sounds were a B+
but his pulse was moving between 52 and 60, so we were pulled.

Is it still the best idea to P&R as soon as your horse drops or should I
have let him eat and drink for 10-20 minutes before going to the P&R and
vet?



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