Re: RC: Pulse Check to Vet (was hot weather rides)

[Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com>]

NOTHING (that I know of) in the AERC rules states it MUST be this way...yet it
has become THE way to "do it".

Try doing it YOUR way..have your pulse taken, then go rest yourself and your
horse...see what happens.  IF someone object, ask where it is in the rules.  IF
it is NOT in AERC rules already, the ride management MUST put it in WRITING
BEFORE that start of the ride and give it to EVERYONE, or it is NOT valid....



April Lee wrote:

> So we have to go right to the vet after doing the P&R?  Is there a choice
> for those who would rather go let their horses eat and chill before vetting
> in?
>
> April
> Chattanooga, TN
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com>
>
> > I'm glad you brought that up, Teddy.  I've always felt that this is a big
> > mistake.  I don't even want to see the horses until most of their hold
> times
> > have elapsed--I think you can catch problems one vet check sooner that
> way,
> > and either salvage the completion by slowing the rider down or pulling the
> > horse before he is so bad that he needs extensive treatment.  Having
> horses
> > go right through the vetting when they are still on a bit of a "runner's
> > high" from the trail disguises a lot of problems, IMO.  If they go back to
> > their rigs and stand like zombies without eating, or stiffen up, I want to
> > know about it.
>
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