Re: Navicular disease

[flemmerl@rcbhsc.wvu.edu (Flemmer, Linda)]

Angela C. McGhee wrote:
>  I think a really bad rider is a bigger handicap. 
> Maybe rider's
> equitation should be judged under the "fit to continue" rule.
<tongue in cheek>

Gosh, Angie!  At some rides we'd lose half of the field after the second vet check for rider lameness or "deteriorating equitation".  I guess that the ride results would be a whole lot shorter, though!

Heaven help me the day they ask the rider to trot out for soundness!

Linda Flemmer