The "surface factors" listed as a pull code has to with wounds, girth
galls etc. - nothing to do with the footing.
On top of that what you listed would be wonderful information to
report. Unfortunately the AERC does not collect such information as you
list below.
Truman
Kristen A. Fisher wrote:
I thought whoever mentioned "ride
information" was talking about the ride *conditions* -- such as weather
(hot and humid? cold and clammy? some of each?), surface factors (hard
& fast, boggy, snowy, etc.) and topography. [I know surface factors can be listed as a pull
reason although I am not sure when that reason is used.] Maybe start
to integrate a "degree of difficulty" rating for the ride (maybe that
is a combo of the above) to help evaluate the relative rate of speed
for that ride/rider.
I think there are some privacy issues involved here. I don't think
anything is added by knowing who owned the horse or who rode the horse
or what ride it was. We need to address horse welfare issues but we
also need to keep from turning it into a lynch mob mentality. I've been
one of the biggest critics of the HWC but I think they struck a fair
balance in this report in reporting the facts but also not
sensationalizing the issue. I though Jim Mitchell's report was a good
one.
Truman
"That said, I'm still looking for
RIDE information on each of the horse deaths. Until I see that, IMHO,
the "report" is incomplete."
