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RE: [RC] Protecting Our Horses, Protecting Our Sport - David LeBlanc-----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rides2far@xxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 3:44 PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [snip] As I recall the management in Vermont was critisized for having very short loops and many vet checks. The FEI even condemned it, but I thought the completion rate went up and treatments down. Am I mistaken? How long were the loops at the 2003 PAC? Any noticable difference in results? I don't know about the difference in results, but the hold times seemed to me to give the horses plenty of time to recover. The first 3 segments were 20 miles each, and the holds were 50 minutes long (4th hold might have been an hour). 4th-6th segments were shorter, but I think the 5th hold was still 50 minutes. Vet checks 3 and 4 had mandatory full exam rechecks for all horses immediately prior to leaving. It was interesting to watch which horses looked better at the recheck and which didn't. [snip] A few things I'd like to see done when crunching numbers. I'd like to see, rather than "7 deaths in 2002 compared to 5 in 1998 (or whatever it was" I'd like to see "deaths per hundred miles of competition" or something like that. We need to factor in the number of horses competing and the number of miles completed. 7 deaths out of 700 miles ridden is a bit different than 7 deaths out of 700,000 miles ridden. I've seen deaths/start figures somewhere. You're right that deaths per year isn't a valid number. Deaths are rare enough that you probably won't get much interesting data - and it can be hard to gather if the horse doesn't die immediately. If you're trying to figure out why these things happen, pull data would be more interesting, though one complicating factor is that many lameness pulls are actually because the horse isn't metabolically sound. [snip] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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