Re: [RC] re: Endpoint of an endurance ride - Heidi Smith
> I remember a ride where the
horses pulse wouldn't come down (1st place) and yet the horse did the rest of
the final exam. They took the horse back to the trailer and was working to
get the pulse down. When they finally did and presented the horse, the vet
asked them to trot out again and the horse was off. They felt that
the horse should get a completion, the vet said that the horse was not "fit to
continue" at that point, no completion.
> Right or wrong? ... I don't
know... but that's the way it went.
Sounds right to me. At the first exam, he was
not fit to continue because his pulse did not meet criteria. At the second
exam, the horse was not fit to continue because he was not sound. "Fit to
continue" implies that the whole horse is capable of going on down the
trail at the same time--not just his legs at one point in time, or just his
cardiovascular system at another point in time. If he can't get it all
together at the same time, he isn't fit to continue!
