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It is just expedient this way....and as far as I have ever seen, YOU have the option of passing the pulse (to get your "in" time and then going back to your crew area... That MAY put you at the end of a line...but at least your horse is not going hungry and thirsty. Try it sometime...you don't have to be one of the sheep just because that's what everybody else is doing.... Nothing that I have seen in AERC rules says you have to do it that way and unless ride management puts in in writing before that start of the ride, they cannot enforce it...most don't care. You do your thing and everyone else does theirs... Kinda like "riding your own ride?" Teddy "guest@endurance.net" wrote: > Debbie Zanot darkcat5@yahoo.com > I have been following this discussion and it makes > tons of sense that a mid-way hold be run with the hold first > then the vet check. I agree with Teddy that you always > don't get a true picture when the horse is still all excited > Actually it would be nice to know you can come in and > take care of your horses needs FIRST without standing in > line all nervous about if your horse is going to have time > to eat ,drink, relax, etc. My husband and I are 90% > crewless and I don't think it is very good for the horses > to be eating as you are standing in line but sometimes > you have no choice when everyone comes in together. > What really made me feel bad on one ride was not having my > horses food and water situated close enough to the PR > area (because I wasn't sure where it would be) and we were > running up front. The other horses had crews and were getting > drinks and noone offered my horse any because they wanted to > pulse out quicker and my boy is pulling toward their bucket > and I had to pull him back...Made me sick. > All that would have been different with the hold first eh?? > Is that a ride managers choice to run a hold that way? > > Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. > Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/RideCamp -- Teddy Lancaster AERC# 139422 - Member since 1974 6000+ career miles ================================================ Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. -- Winston Churchill ================================================ Running Bear Farm, Inc. Your Trail Riding Equipment Headquarters - Celebrating our 20th Anniversary!!!! Teddy Lancaster, President 1348 Township Road 256 Kitts Hill, Ohio, 45645 USA - http://runningbear.com/ USA East Co-Chair until 12/31/99 Webmaster for USA East website: http://runningbear.com/ETZ Moderator for the USA EAST mailing list: http://www.onelist.com/community/USAEAST 1-800-533-2327, FAX: 740-533-0337 Home of Khalarado+/ 1990 IAHA National Endurance Champion - (1982 Chestnut CMK Stallion) Supplying the WORLD with quality endurance equipment since 1980 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/RideCamp =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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