Re: RO

["Barbara McCrary" <bigcreekranch@cruzio.com>]

If the pull by a rider relates to the way of going at all, it is considered
L for lameness, even if the vet doesn't pull the horse.  Vets are variable
on strictness...some pull for the least little sign of irregularity, others
will pass a horse with an obvious irregular way of going.  But if it relates
in any way to way of going, it is a lameness call.  If the rider pulls the
horse because the horse "just doesn't feel right", it is still metabolic.
We're not interested in who makes the decision, we're interested in what is
going on with the horse, because we're gathering statistics for educational
purposes.  RO still pertains only to the rider's condition, not the horse's.
And maybe we should change the code from RO to something else, for purposes
of clarity.

Barbara McCrary
West region director
Chair-Rules Committee

----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Young Casey" <glenn218@yahoo.com>
To: <CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com>; <firedancefarms@prodigy.net>;
<ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 9:10 AM
Subject: RC: RO


> > However, it might behoove the board
> > to rename this particular pull code (rider problems?
> >  rider issues?) so that it doesn't "sound" so much
> > like a matter of who pulled the horse.
>
> At my ride Saturday, a rider walked her horse ALL the
> way back in because the horse was lame.  Of course,
> she wasn't going back out for love nor money.
> However, the pull code was lameness because the horse
> was lame and was unable to continue.
>
> When it comes to that "gray" area like "My horse feels
> off but he doesn't look off.  I'm not going to take
> the chance and I'll pull now" type stuff, that is a
> definate RO because the vet didn't have sufficient
> cause to pull the horse.
>
> There was a horse there that had inverted CRI's all
> day long.  Now, in actuallity, the vet wasn't a
> stickler on time and *may* have taken the second heart
> rate too soon.  Or, a horse could have raced past this
> stallion causing his heart to speed up.  At any rate,
> not knowing any better, I'd have pulled that horse for
> a 13/16 CRI.  He wasn't pulled but the rider was
> warned.  The horse came finished in 8 hours (ride
> time) and had an excellent CRI at the end.  Now, since
> the vet didn't pull her, let's say that the rider quit
> on her own.  Would that indeed be RO or metabolic?
>
> Sorry...I'm hungry for a can of worms right now.
> After managing a ride, I've eaten all the crow I care
> to for awhile! :-)
>
> =====
> Susan Young Casey
> Glenndale Grace Farm
> Ft Gibson, Oklahoma U.S.A.
>
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