reply to NATRC Swanton by Guest

["KIMBERLY PRICE" <kmprice51@hotmail.com>]

Excuse me Deanna, this is not what I said...perhaps I wasn't clear...

I had 15 minutes from coming into the gate to have the horse down and p&r.  
Since the p&r is only 15 minutes long, I was then allowed to leave.  Where 
do you get another 15-20 minutes from while remaining within the natrc 
schedule published and given to the riders?   Isn't a 15 minute p&r just 
that, 15 minutes scheduled for p&r and anything beyond that is falling 
behind their recommended schedule for completion on time?

And let me clarify, of course the horse comes first, of course I would not 
leave without full recovery, of course I could care less about points or 
completions if it means putting my guy in any type of jeopardy.  My horse is 
in extremely good shape as shown by his recoveries, vet checks and attitude 
and I will always _try to_ (..I'm listening Bob..)error on the conservative 
side.

The swanton is a tough ride and if you want to complete it within the 
parameters you need to move fast throughout the entire ride, period.  It is 
not a ride I can honestly see being able to come in 'before time' in order 
to ride slower later on.  Perhaps other natrc rides are.

My point was only that (IMHO) it is easy to be set up for DIMR if one is not 
careful.  (not that I had it!) <g>

I do look forward to trying another NATRC ride and will benefit from 
suggestions received.

Kimberly (&Mystery the Morab..."the only thing holding me back is my 
rider..hey, watcha do'in down there?")

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Deanna German finishis2win@columbus.rr.com
Lynn,

Thank you for clarifying NATRC rules. My question was somewhat rhetorical 
(although I did not make that clear) as I suspected that NATRC rules were 
much like the rules of the CTR organization I compete under.  After the 
horse has met parameters in accordance with other rules, the rider has 
descretion to either leave at the out time or hang around and let the horse 
eat, drink or whatever it takes to convince the rider that it's sufficiently 
recovered enough to continue.

As you can see below, the original poster expressed concern that the CTR
hold time includes the 10 minutes between arrival and presenting for pulse 
rather than beginning after the pulse reaches a parameter.

She mentions that she doesn't believe that having a 10 or 15 minute cooling 
time, then a presentation for pulse, then another 15 or 20 minutes of hold 
encourages taking care of the horse on trail and expresses concern about the 
horse having enough rest.
(???????)

My reply to her was, in a nutshell, that it's up to the rider to do what's 
best for the horse and ride in slowly and/or stay after the out time.

>on 7/23/01 11:13 PM, KIMBERLY PRICE at kmprice51@hotmail.com wrote:
>>Lastly, I like my time to start at p&r when the HR is down...encourages
>>walking in and having a recovered horse at the start of the rest
period.


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