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    Re: [RC] RO, Fit to continue - Barbara McCrary


    I would classify a tired horse as M.  If he is pushed further, he will
    become a metabolic case.  However, as this pull code thing becomes more and
    more complicated, maybe it would be better to go back to DNF, did not
    finish.  The pull codes were originally adopted to serve as a learning tool,
    but it seems like they are spinning out of control.  I was the one who made
    the motion to adopt the RO-L and RO-M codes, along with SF, surface factors
    (to cover everything from galls to bleeding that did not produce lameness).
    But it's becoming so complicated now that I would be perfectly happy to
    return to DNF.  I'm not the sure the vet committee would agree, however.
    They set his up in the attempt to learn something.
    
    Barbara McCrary
    
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Tom Dean" <bdci@xxxxxxxxxxx>
    To: "Ridecamp@Endurance. Net" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Cc: "Steph@Endurance. Net" <steph@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 10:00 AM
    Subject: [RC] RO, Fit to continue
    
    
    > What do you classify a tired horse?  His metabolic are good and he is not
    > lame, but the rider just does not want to push the horse.  To
    statistically
    > call this horse lame or metabolic an error and distorts the numbers.  And
    > why punish a rider who is overly cautious about their horse.  There have
    > been people that have suggested using rider history to judge and sanction
    > riders or horses.  There are people that do not want the stigma of a pull
    > and push their horses to completions that if there were a way to pull a
    fit
    > horse without this stigma, they would have pulled their horse.  Also,
    horses
    > are judged by their completion records.  Try to sell a horse with a couple
    > of metabolic pulls.  Steph is right, this is not as simple an issue as
    some
    > people have described.  A couple of years ago, I suggested to the BOD
    there
    > should be a category "Rider Option, Fit To Continue" (RO,FTC).  This would
    > be for a horse that cleared the Vet Check, but the rider for whatever
    reason
    > does not want to push the horse.  A rider/horse should rewarded for making
    > the right decision, not punished for having a pull and less horses would
    be
    > put in danger.
    >
    > Tom
    >
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