Re: [RC] Rapid Pulse Recovery/Real Data - DVeritas
In a message dated 4/28/2006 9:42:54 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
That's
why the AERC needs to look at some hard cold numbers before any decisions
are made on this.
Looking at some "hard cold numbers" by the AERC, regarding the times
involved in an endurance race/ride, I believe would be a very hard thing to
do.
There is no standard form submitted by Ride Managers which lists the name
of the horse, the rider, criteria for the ride, length to first vetcheck,
arrival time at first vet check, time to pulse down, exit time from first vet
check, length to second vetcheck, arrival, etc.
IF that form is being used and actually SUBMITTED to the AERC, I imagine
RELEVANT data might be available.
If that information is not being submitted to the AERC, well, IT OUGHTA
BE...
For every ride, every distance.
Without relevant data being received and actually looked at by someone who
then banks the data for periodic review by the Veterinary Committee, the AERC
can not thump its chest and claim to be on step when it comes to horse
welfare.
Reporting the data to the membership, I think, would be of some interest,
i.e.,how many folks actually RACE out there, how many folks successfully
race out there SAFELY, how many folks ride to complete, what really are the
percentages?...and so forth.
Extrapolation of the relevant information is much more useful than just
data.
I'm no wiz at much in this world, but I have to believe that a dedicated
individual at the AERC should be responsible for data-banking UNIFORM DATA FROM
RIDES. Mandatory, every ride. Anything less is makes almost any data
collection meaningless.
John Teeter, when hosting an FEI ride, listed ALL relevant information for
each horse and rider, at every stage of the event. If John can do it, I
imagine ANYONE can. (Right, John?)
