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There have been numerous studies (most of them involving at least in 
part electrolytes) at endurance rides going back to the 80's. In fact 
Gayle Ecker mentioned she had a database of blood panels of over 6000 
horses. I've particated in 3 studies myself - all run by the University 
of Georgia leading up to the '96 Atlanta Olympics. There were studies at 
both the '95 and '96 ROC (and probably more than that). However, the 
rider did not receive the feedback till after the ride - in most cases 
months after the ride.

I don't know how Barney ran the Pride project but I suspect it would be 
difficult to vet a ride and provide real time feedback during the ride. 
There was one study I know of where there was real time feedback, 
Biltmore several years ago, and maybe that was what rased the issue. All 
the riders that signed up were given feed back on the spot- except for 
the FEI riders. This would be plainly against FEI rules.

After that was when the rider in questioned was DQed for supplementing 
with sugar based on blood analysis. The head vet made the decision. Rule 
13 is pretty clear about invasive procedures and drawing blood to 
determine what needs to be put into the horse to go on does seem to 
cross that line.

Truman

April wrote:

> Interesting. Aren't there blood tests that are done for studies during 
> rides? Are those considered invasive and thus reason for DQ? Or is it 
> the way the information is used taken into consideration to decide 
> whether a rule was broken? If the rider had not added corn syrup, but 
> had just taken the sample to be analyzed later, would that be ok?
>
> My other questions are still valid, as I would imagine this would be 
> an interesting thing to see in training and would transfer over to 
> rides, even if the glucometer is a no-no at a ride.
>
> April


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