Ridecamp: Re: [RC] re: Angie and VC's

Teresa,
I think you read Angie wrong....I read her post as wanting to tag the
unprepared horse BEFORE he gets into trouble and one good way to do that is
at an early vet check. I totally agree....
Pat
----- Original Message -----
From: "Teresa Van Hove" <vanhove@xxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 7:04 PM
Subject: [RC] re: Angie and VC's


> NOPE!  Angie we expect RM's to give us a well-marked trail that can
> be finished safely.  If someone is riding a 100 miler too fast to
> finish the distance and they get pulled at 50 or 60 miles
> because they were riding at their horses 50 mile pace
> then maybe they'll actually learn to "RIDE THEIR OWN RIDE"
>
> RM's do not need to make sure that horses get slowed down
> early so they can get a completion. THATS the RIDERS JOB.  IMHO
>
> (Ive yet to ride a 100, but as a former and possibley future RM, I want
> enough VC's to keep horses safe.  I don't care a whit if I fail to save
> someone who is riding stupidly a completion by not separating them from
the
> front runners!)
>
> Teresa
>
>
>  Sorry to be so hard to please, but I wouldn't like that at all. I like a
> >   check early on for no other reason than to separate the horses up by
> >   recoveries.  That way if there's an unprepared horse running on
nothing
> >   but heart, he'll get separated from the ones he's trying to travel
with.
> >   If you want to throw in a stop & go that's nothing but a pulse check,
> >   O.K. but I like to separate the horses up as soon as possible.
> >
> >   Angie
>
> --
> Teresa Van Hove
> Associate Scientist GST/UCAR
> vanhove@xxxxxxxx
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