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But what it would do is place more work on the RM to know who the "extra 
rules applied to" if it were say applied to only new riders. It would 
put more requirements on the AERC office to publish such a list and how 
would they know who are new riders?  It would probably impact the AERC 
data base.

It would probably put more work on the timers, pulse takers and vets to 
keep track of these new requirements.

No rule is free of impact. While some regions might have issues with new 
riders ( and Susan says she thinks the PS does ) - in the SE we have 
little. Why? Beats me. The LD's have been an integral part of the sport 
for a long time here and new riders come in - go to the new rider 
meetings and take care of their horses. I had been doing the sport for 
10 years before I saw the first LD horse treated. That day was 95 
degrees and muggy (although it was March) and the ride was a 35 in deep 
sand. The horse was dehydrated but not too severe and with 10 liters of 
fluids he perked right up. I won't tell you how many 50's and 100's I 
had seen hooked up by the time I saw the first LD.

So if some regions are having issues with LD riders, I suggest that 
concerned members from that region get together and figure out what is 
going on in that regions and determine how to best address it.  Regional 
organizations are very good a addressing regional issues. Trust me folks 
it is not a national problem. And as such we don't need a national rule 
to solve what seems to be a regional problem.

Truman

Beth Walker wrote:
> Some of the proposals would not affect experienced, conscientious 
> riders.  Adding rules which apply only to novice riders, or riders 
> under probation, etc. would not affect anyone else, and it would 
> address the not-so-isolated incidents.   
>
> I like the idea of a minimum time cap, or more stringent vet criteria, 
> and different colored ride cards for that one segment.  Other ideas 
> like re-structuring a-la the Australian system, or changing the nature 
> of LDs, etc. are much more sweeping than this idea.
>
>  
> On Nov 8, 2007, at 10:49 AM, Susan E. Garlinghouse, DVM wrote:
>
> >  
> > I realize it’s another set of rules for the majority to tolerate in 
> > order to try to rein in the minority.  But I’m not sure the 
> > ‘minority’ is as small as you might think it is.
> >  


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“It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how 
smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong” Richard 
Feynman, Nobel Laureate in Physics


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