Re: RC: Correction to Difficult story PAC

[Wayne/Elaine Delbeke <delbekew@sprynet.com>]

Just a note re Christy's 20 minute penalty.  I talked to a crew member at the
site last night and Christy's mom this morning.  Apparently, Tang's pulse was
at 52 when they took her over.  The pulse was then taken for 60 seconds and
they were told it was 61.  That was it.  She just lost 20 minutes.  Since
Christy and Tank usually do best in the last half of the races, it is even
sadder that this had to happen at the last vet check.

Life sure doesn't seem fair sometimes.  A pulse of 61 would be awfully hard
to call you'd think.

Elaine

Rides 2 Far wrote:

> >What really happened was that she took a 20 minute penalty at
> >VC 4.  Under FEI rules - if you present too early for P&R -
> >and don't make it - you have a 30 minute penality.  Thru some
> >process I don't understand yet - it ended up a 20 minute
>
> This really stinks royally.  (and I'm in the East)  Of all the FEI rules
> I think this is the worst. Not to take anything away from the winner,
> this is just a rule I don't agree with and this gives me a chance to
> point out why.
>
>  In a stockcar race a MAJOR penalty is losing ONE lap.  That's 1/500th of
> the distance of the race.  If these horses are traveling 10mph (6 minute
> miles)a 30 minute penalty would set them back 5 miles!!!!!  1/20 of the
> race.  I've always considered it ample penalty to simply make the early
> presenter walk out the back exit to P&R and have to circle all the way
> around to re-enter at the in-gate.  A three minute penalty would be
> sufficient in my mind....10 minutes is darned near excessive.  30 is
> rediculous.
>
> When I was a groom at the North American it was my job to tell my rider
> when to present.  I hated it.  Our horse would be 56 and I was still
> terrified to O.K.  him to go in.  Here  in the Southeast your time stops
> when you enter the P&R area.  In Arizona I took our horse's pulse (just
> standing around in a crowd, not in any designated area) and announced he
> was down (he was whatever criteria was on the dot).  Before I could say a
> word an official stepped up and took it, as if I'd called for him.  I was
> just telling my rider he was down, not saying I wanted to present.  We
> could have been ruined by that.
>
> Christie obviously wouldn't be stupid enough to take the horse in when it
> wasn't down, so I assume its pulse jumped when it entered the P&R area.
> I suppose she gambled that 60 would stay 60 and others were being
> paranoid and waiting for a good solid 56.  I guess that's all strategy,
> but I bet this leaves a bad taste in lots of people's mouths whereas the
> usual P&R methods do not.  Who came up with the 30 min. penalty?  Since I
> don't know of any AERC ride that uses it, I'm just curious whose idea
> that was.
>
> Angie McGhee & Kaboot
> Wildwood, GA
>
> I would not change my horse with any that treads.  When I bestride him I
> soar; I am a hawk.
> Shakespeare
>
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