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OK, thanks.  I always thought that one of the inputs was the vet  
scores on the ride card as well.  Since it isn't , that isn't a factor.

On some rides, though, ride management does give out an award based  
just on the ride card vet scores alone.  This one isn't an official  
BC, and they call it something else, and doesn't count for any  
points, but I would think it would mean something to the rider that  
got the award.    It is just an 'extra' that ride management gives  
out, but I've seen a suggestion from time to time that this type of  
award be made official.  Variation in scoring on the vet cards would  
become a factor then, I would think (and could be why such an award  
hasn't been adopted - just a guess).


On Aug 30, 2007, at 3:57 PM, Susan E. Garlinghouse, DVM wrote:

> BC judging is always done by the same (usually head) vet for all  
> top ten (or
> eleven or so) horses, just so the judging is consistent between  
> horses.
> Also, judging for BC doesn't allow for A-B-C-Ds, and doesn't have a  
> specific
> score for GI motility alone---the score is a numerical one and is for
> Recovery, Hydration, Quality of Movement, Lesions and Soundness,  
> which then
> would include GI motility along with all the other parameters than  
> entail
> Fit To Continue.  The categories for BC judging look less at "is  
> this horse
> in trouble, need to be pulled, or okay to continue to the next vet  
> check",
> and much more at "is this horse MORE fit to continue than the other  
> top ten
> horses".
>
> You can download/view the AERC Vet Handbook, which includes  
> discussions of
> BC judging, forms, etc at http://www.aerc.org/Vets_Handbook.asp
>
> Susan Garlinghouse, DVM
>
> -----Original Message-----
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>
> While for most people at a ride, this would be true, it would not be
> for those being judged for BC, or if the ride gives out an award for
> the best vet scores regardless of placing.  In those cases, getting a
> vet that grades "hard" on some criteria could cost you the BC,
> especially if your nearest competitor got a different vet.
>
> It certainly isn't important from ride to ride, but consistency
> WITHIN a given ride on a given day between vets would be, IMO
> important for those trying for BC.
>
>
> On Aug 30, 2007, at 2:24 PM, Dawn Carrie wrote:
>
> > What they fail to realize is, it's just a letter on a vet card...it
> > doesn't necessarily mean that their horse is in trouble, or that
> > the vet thinks their horse sucks, or is a cause for shame.  Some
> > people take these letter grades too $%#^@ seriously.  <G>  I guess
> > they take some sort of pride in their horse "getting all As" or
> > something.
>
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