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My own experience (including vetting in your region) has been that if vets and RMs KNOW how to apply pull codes, and do so consistently and with good communication with riders, there IS no flak about pull codes.  I contend that the lack of accuracy comes not from having them published, but from having RMs and vets unaware of how to correctly use them.  EVERY situation in which I have heard of riders complaining (I have not experienced any personally as an RM or a vet) has stemmed from inconsistent or unexplained application of pull codes--as numerous posts on this list and others has illustrated time and time again.

 

I applaud the veterinary committee for once again helping to clarify the use of pull codes--and I still contend that the key to this problem is and continues to be good communication and explanation, rather than doing away with a valuable tool.

 

Heidi

 

Look, I am about done with this topic.  I have been vocal about this for at least three or four years.  I contend that accuracy is compromised because of the way these codes are recorded. A lot of energy is wasted between riders and vets and riders and ride managers.   I keep hearing claims that accuracy is so much better then in previous years.   I certainly do not see this.  I keep hearing that riders shouldn't care, yet I see time and time again riders justifying a pull as RO, thereby putting "value" on these codes.  We wouldn't have RO L or RO M if riders didn't put "value" on this stuff.  The reality is a metabolic pull is a metabolic pulls and a rider shouldn't care if it is listed as an RO M or an M but riders do... 

 

 

A lot of ride managers and vets agree with me on this topic.  But if the majority of members like this - keep the system we have.  I just know from my personal observations in the past and in the PRESENT that many of the pull codes listed are not accurate and therefore the data taken from this will also not be accurate.  If the main purpose of pull codes is peer pressure, punishment, etc.  it is working just fine.  But if it is to collect accurate data, it is really a failure and will continue to be a failure.

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