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For clarification:

our system, and typical FEI system: as soon as the rider presents  
it's horse to the pulse timer, the horse pulse time (criteria) is  
recorded. The rider does not have to wait for anybody to take the  
pulse. The rider then gets the time slip from the pulse timer and  
goes directly to the vet (or in other variations, goes directly to  
the pulse taker).  The vet or pulse taker verifies that the horse has  
reached criteria, and if it has not - the rider takes the horse back  
out of the pulse gate and starts over again.

The whole point of this system is so that the rider does not have to  
lose time waiting for somebody to get to them and take a pulse. It' s  
a bit of an 'honor system' in that a rider could fudge by a few  
seconds or minutes between pulse gate (criteria) time recording, and  
verification by vet or official. (i.e. cross the pulse gate line when  
the horse is at 68, hoping he's down to 64 by the time the pulse is  
actually taken) But that is better than having a horse that has  
reached criteria losing time because a volunteer is not available.


>>
> If the vets were required to take the heart rate for you to reach  
> criteria, I think we would have a lot of cranky riders.
>>


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