Re: [RC] Why do we have Rule 13? - Barbara McCrary
It's too bad CA ride managers can't pay that
$3 per horse to the AERC and have a tester at every endurance ride.
Considering the number of rides in CA at $3 per head, that might just pay fro
every single ride in the US to be tested. (Maybe.) I rather resent
paying the fee to the state and not having anyone there at the ride to do the
testing. A RM very nearly has to ASK for testing, and even then it's not a
sure thing.
From what I hear the chance of being tested at an endurance
ride in CA is much greater than outside of CA where the AERC does it's own
testing. It would be interesting to see the distribution of the test both CA
and outside.
Truman
Barbara McCrary wrote:
As far as CA is concerned, a ride manager pays the state $3 per starting
horse, in every horse event there is in the state, but that certainly does
not guarantee that a technician will come to the event, at least not
endurance rides. I'll bet a technician has shown up 3 or 4 times in the 25+
years we have been managing rides. So the idea of the government
enforcement doesn't hold water. Furthermore, in CA we already have enough
government interference to last us a lifetime....I'd just as soon not have
more. And the reason we don't allow drugs, et al. is probably to protect
the horse from serious damage. Imagine a horse on some sort of stimulant
and he goes on and on, not knowing he is about to crash.
After re-reading the post below, I'm wondering if I missed some "tongue in
cheek."
Barbara
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masters only because we are not yet masters ourselves, and only
because in doing so
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