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Re: [RC] re: Endpoint of an endurance ride - Sisu West Ranch

In MN and WI, it is common practice (especially at cold rides), to trot for
completion as soon as you get in.  You then spend a full hour tending to
your horse, then present for the final examination which includes pulse guts
and all the other stuff.  Usually the vet has you trot again, but it doesn't
count.  Note that the key is that no matter when you meet pulse criteria you
have not completed until reexamined at one hour.  The only thing that one
could quibble about is that a horse that stiffens up is not "fit to
continue".  I can and will race under either set of rules.  Both protect the
horse.  The only effect of not allowing immediate trot would be a few lame
pulls.  I should also note that if the rule was pulse, trot and rexam in one
hour it would not make much difference in lame pulls.  It is relatively easy
to keep a horse warm enough for the 5 minutes or so it takes to pulse down
to prevent cold induced stiffness.  The one hour exam is the one that finds
the metabolic problems

Ed
Ed and Wendy Hauser
Sisu West
2994 Mittower Road
Victor, MT 59875

(406) 642-9640

ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx


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Replies
[RC] re: Endpoint of an endurance ride, Teresa Van Hove
Re: [RC] re: Endpoint of an endurance ride, Maggie Mieske
Re: [RC] re: Endpoint of an endurance ride, C. Eyler