Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Pacing at Vetting alowed?

In a message dated 10/27/2002 2:15:13 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
patchworkfarmshorsestuff@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

<< I know that you have to do a trot out at the vetting.  But.. the thing 
is.. 
 im going to be using a standardbred mare that DOES NOT trot.  She only 
 paces.   Is that going to be an issue for my vetting?  Or is pacing ok?  I 
 dont want to find out that its going to be an issue.. thats why i ask this 
 now before i put the miles into her.  Thanks so much:) >>


It shouldn't be a problem...but make sure you get the right vet!  LOL  I ride 
a Standardbred and at one ride she got straight A's all through - except for 
one vet at the midway point who said she looked "a little odd" at the trot.  
Several people tried to point out that she was a Standardbred and so her trot 
was very different from the 100 or so Arabs he had been watching all day.  
(Mine is a trotter, not a pacer, but the gait is still pretty radically 
different.)  He stuck by his guns, and gave her a B.  At the next VC, I asked 
a different Vet to watch her carefully to make sure she was okay.  LOLOLOL  
He used to work at a track.  Took one look at her, smiled, and gave her an 
A+.  Said "Ain't a thing wrong with that trot!"  So you never know.  It 
SHOULD be okay, but being "different" can have its drawbacks!  Good luck!  Go 
Standardbreds!!!
Scott

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