Ridecamp: Re: Re[2]: [RC] Pre-Ride VC Issues and a few others

> Our lameness definition says a horse is lame and not fit to continue IF
> he displays an abnormally of gait  actually aberration of gait - that is
> consistently observable under all circumstances  that results in
> pain or threatens  immediate athletic performance. All can read
> 6.2.1.4 on page 8 of our Rules.  I concur 100 percent with that
> section.

Roger, I'm not going to go look up chapter and verse, but our rules also
allow the veterinarian to pull the horse for ANY reason that he/she feels
will endanger the horse, and the vet's word is final.  The rule you quote
basically means (as I read it) that no horse that bad or worse will be
allowed to continue.  But if the vet feels that a more minor lameness will
progress to something that will cause the horse injury, then the vet CAN and
SHOULD pull the horse.  By making the "line in the sand" at Grade 2, the vet
is allowed some leeway for sorting out things such as mild arthritis in an
oldster from something that could be the beginnings of a serious problem.

Heidi


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