There can be a compromise here. The pull codes can still be supplied by
the vets/RM but not be reported but still be in the database. That is
when they are listed or posted all pulls would be reported as DNF
independent of what it is.
That way the pull codes are there so the AERC can track the sport, the
vet committee can detect potential problems, etc., but they would not
be made public so that this stigma is not attached.
IMO not collecting the pull codes is "throwing out the baby with the
bath water" because a few thin skinned people don't want to see their
horse listed as L or M, etc.
Also if they are not listed (but collected) the vets will be free to
make a more accurate assessment without having to hear a lot of
whining.
Truman
LOUISE BURTON wrote:
Oh, this topic again!
If you do not think there is a stigma attached to pull codes,
your head is in the sand. Just look at the people who went and looked
up Darolyn's ride record, and hence made some very unjust remarks about
her. I know from managing two rides a year, that riders are now a lot
MORE likely to go on and try to finish a ride because they don't want
that RECORD. Hmm...could we have saved a few horses and prevented a
few colics if there was not this big stigma of OMG you have an M??
Would these riders have called it a day earlier if they only got a DNF
after their names?
I think our committees (vet, education) should take a good long
hard look at this, and perhaps what we are doing is actually causing
more harm to the horses than any "statistics" could ever provide.
I will go on record as being against the pull codes and vote
to go back to plain old DNF. FOR THE HEALTH OF THE HORSE WE SHOULD GO
BACK TO DNF. We can send reasons to the office and it will be on the
vet cards, but there is NO reason it should be published.
Louise Burton CT region
PS> Does anyone know why limited distance does not have pull
codes listed? We sure send them in to the office!
