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In reality if the competition codes do not reflect the reason for pulls 
they are worthless to the AERC. In which case there is not reason to 
collect them. It gets right down to:

a) is the AERC role to collect data that has the potential to provide 
valuable information which in the long run could be of benefit to both 
the riders and welfare or the horses?

or

b) is the AERC's role to worry about the "self esteem" of some small 
subset of the riders because it upsets them so much to see an "L" or "M" 
by his/her wonderful horse's name?

Personally I go with a) and I believe that's implied in the bylaws of 
the organization. The AERC should not be in the rider self esteem 
business - it should be in the collecting data that could potentially 
aid in promoting the welfare of our equine partners.

Truman



Steph Teeter wrote:
> I agree 100% !!
>
> Steph
>
> On Jan 16, 2008, at 2:41 AM, k s swigart wrote:
> > >>
> >
> > However, as far as I am concerned distinguising among the reasons that
> > riders elect not to go on with their horses that the vets have
> > determined to be "fit to continue" horses is just damned silly, and the
> > AERC should just combine all of the "RO" designations into Withdrawn,
> > and if it is because the rider thinks that worrying about whether the
> > easyboot is going to adequately protect the horse's otherwise
> > unprotected foot will take the fun out of the ride is irrelevant.
> >
> > kat
> > Orange County, Calif.
> > :)
>
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