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I don't believe #4 occurs.  This is my understanding of the process:

1)  You arrive at a vet gate, get a Fit2Continue
2)  You decide to pull.
3)  You tell the vet that you are not continuing.  At that point, you  
have to turn in your ride card, and the code is determined and recorded:
	-- RO:  You are pulling for non-horse related reasons
	-- RO-L:  Something is going on lameness-wise, even though it is not  
bad enough for a vet pull.
	-- RO-M:  Same thing, but metabolic
	-- RO-S:  Same thing, but for cuts, bruises, cactus spines, tack  
galls, etc.

Once that is done, even if you go back to the vet for a recheck, or  
things deteriorate, etc., the code is not changed.


On Jan 15, 2008, at 9:19 AM, John Teeter wrote:

> This is pretty clear as far as it goes, but it does not address the  
> RO-L, RO-M, or RO-SF pull codes at all. It also doesn't address the  
> (temporal) order of the evaluations which are performed by the  
> control vet completely.
>
> So the following 4 step scenario is possibly the most common:
>
> 1) you arrive at a gate, go in to the vet check and receive a  
> Fit2Continue evaluation
> 2) you determine that you will not continue (note that now you fit  
> in to the RO category as defined by M.s article)
> 3) you announce you are not continuing
> 4) you present for your final evaluation (if this is indeed  
> required) and the vet determines that your horse is metabolically  
> distressed or Lame and the RO is modified to RO-M (or RO-L as the  
> case may be)
>
> Note that the two sentences quoted from Melissa's article do not  
> address this scenario completely. They stop at step 2 I think.
>
> my contention is that since 1) occurred, you have the option for 2)  
> which leads to 3) and that by doing 4) the vet may help you  
> determine if it is RO-L, RO-M, RO-SF, or just RO, but they should  
> not re-evaluate their determination of 1), which was fit2continue,  
> EVEN IF, at this point, your horse is not fit to continue.
>
> jt

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