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Re: [RC] AERC National Championships with an International - rides2far@xxxxxxxxour 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 Here was my experience. We were in a HOT open field. All water had to be trucked in so was limited. You stood your horse in the shade and really put the water on until you got his pulse down. Then carefully led him across the hot open area to enter the P&R area pouring the water on the whole way, there you are given a slip of paper with the time. Now you are in the "no crewing zone". The sun is brutal. You walk your horse another 20 yards and see that all the vets are busy. They are taking their time because they *should* be thorough on a tough course. Meanwhile my horse's temperature is climbing. It won't matter a bit if my horse was 64 when he entered the pulse area if his pulse climbs back to 68 standing in the glaring sun. Had there been a pulse taker he could have had his pulse confirmed immediately, then it wouldn't have mattered if he was 68 when the vet saw him. The vets, most of whom ride themselves, understand. if it has not - the rider takes the horse back out of the pulse gate and starts over again. At Biltmore or OD this year you would have had ONE more chance or you were disqualified. If you didn't have enough water to really get it on them, you would have been out of luck. 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. I have never, ever had to wait as long for a pulse taker as I had to wait for a free vet. 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. Again, the P&R takers got to the horses quicker, which left less room for the "fudging". With the hand held heart monitors getting rid of the worry about inexperienced or dishonest pulse takers, I think our method is far better. As to the radios. SERA bought them and sends them to the rides. Nancy writes down the time the horse enters the pulse area. If the horse isn't down she simply marks through it. She accumulates 5 or 10 names, adds their hold time and radios it to the out timer. We never have to bother with going to the out timer or any slips of paper, etc. Nancy is the only person recording it so no problem with inexperienced recorders who are more prone to mistakes with numbers. The vet secretary adds our hold time on our card for our benefit. Angie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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