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There are vets who see things that I would be happy to accept their word 
and their eye. This guy just happened not to be one of them.  It's probably 
b/c he's not someone we see often so we have no "feel" for him. Other vets 
that we know better we tend to believe. I really think that is it. I agree 
that sometimes a vet has a better eye than other competitors. I didn't get 
knotted up over it, just wasn't very believing of it. He consistently 
scored horses that haven't placed higher and scored some of our top 
performers lower. It was just how he saw it. I agree that the mare may or 
may not have had trouble with her suspensory.

I'm not sure how seriously to take a "sore suspensory" on my score card 
though. If I saw it again from another vet, I'd take it seriously I think. 
I have a friend who has an injury like this with her horse right now and 
it's been a nightmare. I sure don't want to injure my horse, but at the 
same time, I'm not sure that one call at one moment on one day is enough to 
send me to the vet looking for a dx.

At 10:44 AM 10/24/2004, Ed & Wendy Hauser wrote:
> As far as the vet seeing lamenesses that were not apparent to others, it is
> possible that the vet just has a better eye.  I don't know the NATRC score
> system, but in the Midwest where I did my CTR, points are deducted on a
> scale.  You can lose up to 20 points and still start, continue or finish.
> (20 points equal a grade 2 lameness).  The judgment of this is done by
> watching the horse straight out and back and circles both ways.
>
> There was one vet under which we competed, who had a much more critical eye
> than others.  The vet drove Wendy crazy until she understood that that vet
> was very consistent. That particular vet really could see things other vets
> would miss.
>
> The whole subjectivity of a judged event tends to produce bad feelings and
> inconsistencies.  It is the nature of the beast.  Those who get their
> "knickers in a twist" at poor judging need to find a sport where the
> criteria are objective (like endurance), or take a couple of Ludes and chill
> out, assuming that it will all come out in the wash.


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