I am still totally amazed that no one
is really taking a hard look at this RO-M-L thing as to why people continue to
ride for a completion when they would otherwise call it a day. This is the
one thing I see happening all the time that is a real detriment to the
horse.
If we (AERC) are serious
about the protecting the health of the horse, then we would go back to
PUBLISHING DNF only, and AERC would have the "real reason" for statistical
purposes. As a ride manager, I can send AERC all the information they
would like about horses that were treated, or pulled for
metabolics.
