Re: RC: BC at FEI vs. AERC

[Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com>]

Unfortunately, I think you are right on....I have watched plenty FEI "BC"
judging.  It is done the morning after a ride and, yes, the horse that looks
the freshest seems to get BC.

I was in Qatar in 1997 for the World Cup...Steve Rojek had leased a french
horse..most definitely NOT an arab.  But that horse finished 6th and looked
great (try 100KM of deep sand).  The next morning I could hardly believe it,
but his legs hadn't a hint of heat or swelling and were stone cold.

BC went to a little flashy grey arab who, of course, had more bounce in his
trot.

In Dubai, my favorite was hardly looked at and the SAME little bouncy grey
arab won BC.

Teddy

Joane Pappas White wrote:

> I think some of the problem with BC recognition may be coming from the
> different treatment it receives at FEI events and AERC events.
> when you cannot remember Dubai who need to remember that FEI rules were
> being used. I was very confused at Dubai last year but discovered that
> everything I knew about the AERC formula did not apply to FEI judging
> for BC.
>
> While AERC has a specific formula that calculates vet scores, weight and
> time, the FEI events don't even look at most of those factors.  My
> impressions of BC at Dubai centered on which horse was flashiest the
> next day. It occurred to me that stallions would have a definite
> advantage and "pretty" horses would prevail over basic looking horses
> since the time factor and weight and even vet scores were never used. It
> just came down to what look good "the morning after".  For those doing
> FEI events, this seems to be normal and they really don't complain about
> it.
>
> Okay vets who do both FEI and AERC judging for BC--tell us the
> difference and what you think about the two.
>
> Joane and the Herd
> Price, Utah
> Lyoness@Castlenet.com
>
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