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Re: [AERC-Members] [RC] Drug testing in CA - elsieHeidi wrote: One thing I don't like about the CA testers is that they test DURING the ride. Nothing to prevent someone from saying gee, I've already been tested, I can help my horse out a little on the last loop. That isn't the case with the AERC testers in other areas. Second, I don't like the testing interfering with a horse's and rider's routine during the ride. There were testers at one of the CA rides I vetted, and I wasn't impressed with their protocols at all. I too was "nearly" tested at Chamberlain Creek (CA) last fall (and was definitely no where near top ten ;-) ). Came in to the first 15 mile check (30 min hold) and stood around letting the horse eat. Of course, once poised over someone else's hay, he dropped to pee, so I (reluctantly) had to move him off to some long grass instead. The "pee lady" (aforementioned "cup on a stick" in hand) came over and hovered, hoping he'd perform, which of course he didn't. In the meantime, she and I chatted (afterall, all I was doing was watching him eat and waiting for his brain to catch up). While we were standing there, we did fill out name and address, etc... but since he never did anything, I think she abandoned the paperwork (I'm pretty sure she didn't mark him down as "negative"). She in no way interfered with what I was doing (followed me around) and was quite discreet. Not many of the rides around here loop back into camp, so unless you sent your "drug of choice" out with your crew/ in your crew bag (wondering why you would do this?), it would be hard to drug your horse on the last loop. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Lucy Chaplin Trumbull elsie AT foothill DOT net Repotted english person in the Sierra foothills, California * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ============================================================ Locks do not prevent theft, they only deter those in doubt. ~ Robert Morris ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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