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The pull is most likely to happen at a VC along the trail.  Post withdrawal 
vet exam should happen back in camp and definitely before the rider takes 
off for home.  Vets and RM want to know how the horse is doing.

We had a very baffling experience once at a ride & tie we put on.  A team 
decided that things weren't going well for them, so they quit, went back to 
camp, loaded up the horse and took off for their home in Utah.  All this 
happened without knowledge of ride management, vets or anyone else.  We were 
out at all hours trying to find this team on the trail, either lost or 
"broken down."
I don't ever want this to happen again...it was very alarming and stressful.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Katrina Mosshammer" <ammosshammer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'John Teeter'" <johnt@xxxxxxxxx>; "'Ridecamp Alexandria'" 
<ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "'Michael Maul'" <mmaul@xxxxxxxxx>; "'Barbara McCrary'" 
<bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 7:29 AM
Subject: RE: [RC] Pull codes


> OK, then I'm confused...What exactly are you calling the "post withdrawal
> examination"? As we've now established you can't RO without seeing the vet
> first so how could the examination be "post withdrawal"?
>
> Katrina
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Teeter [mailto:johnt@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: January 15, 2008 9:35 AM
> To: Ridecamp Alexandria
> Cc: Katrina Mosshammer; Michael Maul; Barbara McCrary
> Subject: Re: [RC] Pull codes
>
> I think, agreeing with Barbara,  the RO-M would have been stated by the
> rider at the time of withdrawal. The post withdrawal vet evaluation should
> also have been performed at this time.
>
> The 1-2 hour later event should not be cause to modify the pull code
> (IMO) as it is occurring after the horse has been eliminated from the
> competition (and after the post withdrawal vet evaluation).
> Simularly, if there were a completion (along with passing the final
> completion exam), and 1-2 hours later, the horse was in metabolic 
> distress,
> the completion would not be modified to a metabolic elimination.
>
> jt



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