aerc handbook def of lameness and BC

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teresa van hove tvanhove@uswest.net
My curiosity made me check the handbook. It just has the techical
def.s but according to the handbook head-bobbing lame is grade IV.
this would probably be Katie Couric can tell the horse is lame
at the trot out.  No way should a marked head-bobbing lameness
ever not be excused from BC.  RM's take note -show this section
(chap 12) to any new vets - its much more definitive than I remember
the vets handbook being.

Grade I is defined as: lameness difficult to observe. Not
 consistently apparent regardless of whether the horse is
 circling, going up or down a hill, trotting on a hard
 surface, etc. Grade II is defined as: lameness difficult to
 observe at a walk or trot on a straight line, but
 consistently apparent under certain circum- stances (such as
 circling etc.). Grade III is defined as a consistently
 observable lameness at a trot under all circumstances. Grade
 IV is defined as an obvious lameness with marked nodding.
 Grade V is defined as: minimal weight bearing on one leg, or
 inability to move.
Grades III to V are automatically excused from BC judging;
Grades I and 11 usually are not. The "soundness" score
should reflect the significance of the gait impairment as
well as the degree of impairment at that moment. .........


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