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On Jan 15, 2008, at 9:44 AM, Beth Walker wrote:

> I disagree.  In this example, the horse went lame between two  
> control points (preride and vet check 1).  The next time the horse  
> could be officially pulled would be at Vet Check 1
This is an interesting point. If, the rider turns around and goes  
back to the previous check-point(the start in your example), they  
have already eliminated themselves from the competition. (for not  
following the prescribed trail)

They would never receive an in-time at Vet Check 1, nor would the vet  
at Vet Check 1 ever get a chance to look at the horse. In fact, if  
all the vets left camp and went to vet check1 it's quite possible  
there would be no evaluation for quite some time and -

> , and the vet has the first crack at it.  Therefore:  LAME, not RO-L.
It is possible that, by the time the vet evaluates the horse,  
whatever problem was there has gone away. In this case, the rider had  
"first crack at it", therefor RO-L not L :)

> The way I read the articles and AERC rules, the vet must have a  
> chance to look at the horse after whatever went wrong happened.   
> Only then, if the vet passes the horse, can the rider elect an RO-X  
> code.
This is in agreement (sort of) with Eric's view, and while it may be  
the intent, it is not specifically articulated that way in either the  
rules or the other publications. My contention is that more attention  
needs to be placed in the articulation of both the basic rule(s) and  
the associated procedures (as stipulated in the vet manual and  
summarized in Melissa's article) to insure that ALL rides everywhere  
use the same procedures.

This little discussion has shown that there are easily formed  
interpretations which lead to different outcomes with respect to  
these RO-x pull codes. As long as that is the case, the RO-L, RO-M,  
and RO-SF pull codes really have no meaning, for ride managers and  
vets will not be uniformly using the codes as they report  
eliminations at their events.

jt
 

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