Ridecamp: Re: [RC] RO, Fit to continue

On the other hand if someone is sitting back East looking for a vacation 
route out west to do rides, the pull codes - accurately recorded - would 
give a person some idea of the ride. If there were a lot of lameness 
pulls he could investigate and find out why - maybe it's rocky and he 
would have to make sure he had pads before he showed up. Or it might be 
very sandy and if his horse had not been trained in sand, he might want 
to avoid it. The list goes on.

I think this pull code argument thing is pretty much a red herring. In 
every sport statistics on individuals are kept and made public. Batting 
averages from little league on up through the majors appear in print in 
some form or the other. Box scores appear in print. Results, times and 
statistics of track meets appear in print.  The current process of 
listing of all the riders in an event in order of finish, time and 
disposition of those that didn't finish is nothing more than goes on in 
any sport.

If someone has a problem feeling that they somehow have a negative 
connotation, I would suspect that it is only to a handful of people - 
and even if there is such a connotation, over time it will disappear. 
The value of the codes far outweigh any reason I have heard not to use 
them.

Truman

Barbara McCrary wrote:

> Interesting post, John.  Considering the opinions from other ridecampers, I
> would think recording only DNF for results in Endurance News would be
> adequate, but submitting pull and treatment records to the vet committee for
> research would be important.  This way, the information is in the hands of
> those who wanted it in the first place, and the public record is
> non-specific as to reason.  Would this please everyone (if such a thing is
> possible)?  I also think the responsibility should go back to the ride
> manager and the head vet for submitting pull and treated horse records to
> the office.  I'm not convinced that all riders would be willing to submit
> them.
>
> Barbara McCrary
>
>  




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