Re: [RC] Kids, ponies and distance riding... - Sisu West Ranch
There is nothing in how I read the AERC rules that
prohibits this. CTR rules do prohibit any help.
One could argue that the AERC prompting rule would
prohibit this, but I think it is a stretch. There was no protest filed
either with AERC or UMECRA.
Since this is a rare thing, didn't (and probably
could not) change the points awarded to other riders, I don't see any need to
change rules to prohibit helping a rider finish a course. The same horse
and rider did complete all loops in the correct order etc.
In many of our western rides, where you are
actually far from help, I would not be surprised if the rider had been loaded
back onto her horse and a couple of friends walked her, and their horses the
final 2 miles and received a completion.
Ed
Ed & Wendy Hauser 2994 Mittower
Road Victor, MT 59875
