Re: RC: Re: Re: Ride cards valuable?

[DreamWeaver <dreamweaver@gbis.com>]

At 06:59 PM 10/02/2000 -0400, Mieske wrote:

>So do you know without looking at your card if you have all As or if your
>gut sounds are a B or whatever?

Well, you should know the status of your horse before you present to the 
vet.  Whether or not he had an A or B on gut sounds is really not as 
important as whether or not he is eating and drinking, pooping, etc. like 
he should be.  Having just passed over the 6,000 mile mark at Outlaw Trail 
last week (wait till you guys see the pics), I've learned as I've gotten 
more experienced that it's a lot more important for me to know how my horse 
is doing than any vet, and quite frankly, I really don't care what most 
vets put on my vet card.  Just an OK is good enough for me.  I know how the 
horse feels when I'm riding him, and how he is moving and taking care of 
himself, and most importantly, how well he recovers post-ride.

I do have vet cards from the horses first ride(s), since they each have a 
binder with their entire ride histories (we won't discuss the current 
condition of said binders <G>).  All the rides in Northern Nevada seem to 
return vet cards to you with a copy of the ride results a few weeks after 
the ride.  I got to keep my vet card from all 5 days of Outlaw Trail. :^)

k