Ridecamp: Re: [RC] re: 'hazing to trot' and our Rules

> OK - I've always wondered whether it was strictly legal under the
> existing AERC rules to have someone haze the horse at the vet checks?
> I'm referring to rule 6.0, section K - see below.   Bob Morris, I'd love
> to read your slant on this.
>
> I guess under this rule being paced or prompted would be ok if done by
> another entrant, or perhaps its considered part of ordinary support
> services?  But I think it should have to be another entrant - this would
> really add a neat little wrinkle to a tight race <VEG>

The rule you quote has to do with going down the trail.  At a vet check, the
horse and rider team don't even need to be together or in the same
place--the rider can go to town and get a soda, for all I care, as long as
the horse is cared for and presented when he is supposed to be by the crew.
If one were to take the rule you quote in the sense that you are looking at
it, the horse could not even be presented at a vet check by a person other
than the rider--just asking him to trot out would be "prompting."  We don't
EVEN want to go there, except in cases where rides (like OD) have special
"cavalry" divisions where you have to do everything yourself.  And certainly
entering such a thing over and above the rest of the ride is a choice made
by the individual rider!

Personally, I think it is a good thing when the rider has a crew member
present the horse, and the rider stands back with the vet and watches.
Gives the rider an opportunity to actually view the horse, and the vet can
also make any commentary to the rider that he/she deems appropriate, while
the horse is actually trotting.

Heidi


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