It's my understanding that if my horse has
to "warm up out of" some gait abnormality or issue then it's my
responsibility to get the horse sufficiently warmed up before
presenting for the pre-ride vetting so that it's not an issue.
Cindy
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All this
reminds of a incident one year at a priemier East Coast 100 mile ride. I
had been going nearly every year, until the year they didn't allow Kahlil
to start because he wasn't "sound." True, he was a bit off at the
pre-vet, but at that time he was having that problem at some rides and he
always warmed up out of it and was 100% sound by the first vet check.
My telling them that didn't cut any ice, so I saddled up and rode him a
couple of miles and brought him back to the vets. Well, they admitted
he'd improved, so now they pulled up his front leg and twisted the hell out
of it, and had me trot him out again -- sure enough, he was lame for the
first few steps. It was like they were determined to support their
initial decision. We didn't get to start, and I never went back to
that ride again.
