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Still there's only one vet check.  You MUST present your horse if you plan to continue.  You MUST present your horse if you plan to stop (for whatever reason).  If you plan to stop, the VET gives you the pull code...NOT the rider.  The rider makes the decision to continue or to stop; the vet gives completion or a pull code.

John Teeter <johnt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Jan 15, 2008, at 8:29 AM, Katrina Mosshammer wrote:
>
> > 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
>
> not quite. We established that all horses must be examined when they 
> are withdrawn from the event. But the examination is not the
>  
> "withdrawal" - the exam is required of all animals that are 
> withdrawn. So the sequence is, 1) you determine that you will 
> withdraw followed by 2) an evaluation of your mount. I coined the 
> phrase "post withdrawal exam" to indicate that sequence.
>
> So, yes, you can withdraw without seeing the vet, but having 
> withdrawn, you must go see the vet (or you will be disqualified and 
> thus receive a DQ?? for having violated a rule.)
>
> jt
>
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