Rules Committee reviewed Rule 6.2.1.2 and the Rules that immediately
preceded it, especially Rule 6.2.1. Note that the key points of 6.2.1.2
are "must reach a reasonable pulse recovery based on ambient condition,
**within 30 minutes of arrival time at all control points
during the ride.**"
We then read the key definitions of Rule 6.2.1: "....the
post-finish line vet check is where the final criteria for completion must be
met; ***an equine has not completed the ride until he
has passed this check***. The post-finish line vet check also serves as
a safety check..........**as well as extending veterinary
control over the last leg of the ride.**"
Rule 6.2.1 establishes that the post ride finish line examination is by
definition, a "vet check" and is further defined as a
"veterinary control point" and that the "equine has
not completed the ride until he has passed this check".
The Key Points in Rule 6.2.1 establish that the post finish line Vet
Check is a Control Point and it takes place during the ride, since the equine
has not completed the ride until he has passed that check.
Rules Committee interprets the rules as they are written - regardless of
our personal beliefs on what they were supposed to say or how they should have
been written.
Randy Eiland
Rules Committee Chair
