[RC] My First Words on Matthew's Proposal - Steph Teeter
Frank - I haven't responsed to Mathew's
proposal yet, have been pondering.
I actually think that I like it. The most
important thing about it is that it makes the very important distinction between
'racing' and 'completing'. At some point most of have to admit that
'on this day' I need to back off of the competitive pace. If a rider knows that
they only have 15 minutes to recover to continue for placement, I think they
might keep that thought in the back of their mind during the day. If a horse
actually takes 15 minutes to recover, the rider needs to be told that there is
no reason to keep pushing this horse. Is 15 the magic number? I don't know, but
the concept is important.
Perhaps AERC could adopt it as a
'provisional' rule - agree to try it for one ride season, then evaluate it, then
decide if it should become a permanent rule.
Steph
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Last Words on Matthew's Proposal..then, Adios.
At the "Rapid Pulse Recovery" website, there are a lot of
words. A ton of "philosophy", so-to-speak. From what I can garner,
the following is the crux of Matthew's "proposal":
"Let us say that we begin to tighten up that
window, and choose a point that is more stringent and which segregates the
participants into:
• 1)Those who are permitted to continue for placing, and • 2) Those who
are permitted to continue for completion.
At every vet check, in order to continue to compete for a placing, your
horse must recover to pulse parameters within 15 minutes. If your horse
recovers after 15 minutes but before 30 minutes you may continue for
completion only. If it takes longer than 30 minutes for your horse to recover,
your horse will be eliminated from the competition entirely. At the finish,
your horse must recover within 15 minutes in order to get a placing. Between
15 and 30 minutes, your horse is eligible for completion only and longer than
30 minutes and your horse will be eliminated from the
competition."
