Ridecamp: Re: [RC] [RC] protecting horses

I seriously doubt that the local state trooper knows how a radar works 
but if it reads over his threshold for speeding, you will get a ticket. 
Taking pulse is not rocket science and there is no leeway in the rules. 
If it is over a threshold in 30 minutes then the horse is not eligible 
to go on. I would see any problem with a protest on that. If the head 
vet had no problem with that concept and the pulse people were competent 
I wouldn't think it a problem.

Truman



Nancy Mitts wrote:

> Personally I would agree. I was thinking of dealing with a possible 
> protest from someone who was pulled. I wonder if this situation has 
> come before the protest committee & what their feeling was.
> I guess I have in mind stories I've heard from the "good old days". 
> Ride managers sending people out on trail to take temps/pulses/ etc. 
> and delaying some people--letting others go by. Rumor had it political 
> in nature. It was my understanding that AERC backed the notion that it 
> took a vet to pull a horse for anything but over total time (or being 
> dangerous, that type of thing.) Maybe that's just the local culture 
> around here.
> If a horse doesn't meet pulse criteria in 30 minutes shouldn't it be 
> getting a vet exam anyway?
> Nancy Mitts




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