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The incentive would be to "prove" their horse was just fine after all, and 
the AERC rule was hogwash. Nobody thinks 'they' are the abusive ones, it's 
just people picking on them.
Trust me, I've spent the last 2 years hanging around camp/vet checks, I can 
hear it now.  And, although most of us will not admit it, there is sometimes 
truth in that. People who are not well liked, or who do things "differently" 
are judged more harshly by the peanut gallery when something goes wrong. 
(Vets are usually pretty fair, which can also cause quite a rumble from the 
peanut gallery.)
There is also the issue that some vets really are stricter than others, and 
a lot of vets get sick of hearing riders whine. You'll end up having riders 
being "set down" who have had rather minor problems. Others will be let go 
or allowed a RO just because the vet or RM was intimidated or doesn't 
believe in the punishment.
Nancy Mitts

> From: Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> They have some incentive to enter a ride and spend a couple hundred bucks 
> to get two and from and upwards to a hundred buck to enter. If all they 
> wanted to do was to be abusive - they could do that on their own back yard.
> They get no credit for anything, just like they weren't there plus it would 
> trigger a call from the HWC and hence they would be "in the system."
> Truman
>
>
> Eric Rueter wrote:
> > Agreed, EXCEPT...The abused horse has already been ridden at the point 
> > where the infraction is detected (when the ride manager sends in the 
> > results and the office records them) maybe multiple times. By the time the 
> > horse / rider are caught up with, they may have

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