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Re: [RC] [RC] Rider Option - Nancy Mitts

I completely agree with your assessment of ROL & ROM, simplify things & get rid of them. I also agree we need different horse related RO catagory (your ROFTC) as a catch all. I don't think we should do away with the SF though. A girth/saddle sore can be too serious to allow a horse to continue, yet not cause lameness or be metabolic. DNF is also too broad. OT (overtime) is self explanitory, but limited. DQ needs to cover other things, such as failing to follow rules.

Nancy Mitts

From: "Tom Dean" <eriders@xxxxxxx>
John,
For several years, I have suggested to AERC that they have a ROFTC.
Ride Option Fit to Continue.  Simply meaning, the horse was cleared by
the vets to go on, but the rider wanted to pull for any number reasons,
other than a rider issue.  I think there is little meaningful difference
between  ROM and M, or L ROL.  The horse is lame, no matter who pulled
it.  The example, I like best is, the rider starts a ride, then the
weather turns bad and maybe the trail is no longer safe to that rider,
and the rider chooses to pull.  That is not technically a RO, it
something else.  RO where originally intended for when the rider could
not go on, not for external reasons.  Another example, is when a horse
doing OK, all signs are good, but the rider thinks the horse just is not
on that day and wants to pull. How can you call that a M or L?  There a
bunch of examples of where healthy horses might be pulled by the rider,
that do not fall into that category.
Finally, I think we make it complicated. It could be this simple.
ROFTC           Rider Option Fit to Continue
L                      Lame
M                     Metabolic
DNF                Did not finish in time

Tom

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