FW: [RC] Concentrations specified (was: Thoughts on Science) - Terry Banister
Kat said,
So, if I want to feed my horse at all, the only way that I can be in compliance with the AERC's drug rule as currently written is to not enter any AERC sanctioned competitions.
Hmmmm, I feed my horse, and he has been tested at least three times in the past few years of AERC competition (he pees to a whistle)- without anything showing positive. I may have even been feeding rice bran and oats at the time. So have a gazillion other AERC competitors been tested without anything showing up. . . . (??)
Terry "May the Horse be with You"
to feed oats to my competing horse." > > Unlike the magnesium sulfate thing (where I was willing, to bring it to somebody's attention and hope that they would change it while at the same time not using magnesium sulfate or any product that included it on the label until they did), I have absolutely no intention of making sure that my horse does not get any gamma-oryzanol leading up to and during competition...since I don't think I actually CAN, unless I stop feeding my horse any plant material, which I am not gonna do. > > So, if I want to feed my horse at all, the only way that I can be in compliance with the AERC's drug rule as currently written is to not enter any AERC sanctioned competitions. > > I am, unfortunately, ridiculously compliant, by nature (which is why I HATE bad rules, I feel compelled to comply even with bad ones). I dislike being in the position of "break the rule or don't enter a ride." I have not yet decided which of those two options I will chose, but I know myself well enough to know that I will lean heavily towards "don't enter a ride." > > I WAS looking forward to going to Descanso with two new riders that are keen to try the sport. I might go anyway because I don't want to disappoint these people who seem quite keen, but now that I know I will be breaking rule 13 when I go...well...it takes a little of the fun out of the idea. > > I know that I won't be planning to go to any more after Descanso until the list gets fixed. Good thing the rule is written in such a way that it is easy to fix the lists. Here's to hoping that they do. > > kat > Orange County, Calif. > :) > > > > *13.2.5 The AERC recognizes that trace amounts may be detected of some > substances which are commonly used for treating equines and which are > considered not to influence horses during competition when present under > certain threshold levels. The AERC also recognizes that trace amounts > may also be detected of substances which have no legitimate use in > equines but which are present at extremely low levels from unintentional > and unavoidable exposure to environmental contamination. Accordingly, > notwithstanding any other provision of this rule, the following specific > substances only are not Prohibited Substances if detected in concentrations > below the threshold amount corresponding to the substance in the > table shown in Appendix D to this rule. > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. > Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp > Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp > > Ride Long and Ride Safe!! > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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