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This issue about pull codes comes up periodically on ridecamp. Your 
options are one of three:

a) List the pulls with category as currently done,
b) List all entering riders with pull cause listed as DNF,
c) List only finishing riders.

I thought I pretty much covered these options. Either option has it's 
baggage. In reality there is little difference between a) and b) - 
excpet who will be unhappy with it. And I doubt very seriously that 
either will result in this issue going away, namely people will still be 
unhappy with the pull being listed - even if the reason is DNF. To not 
list all the entries in a ride and the disposition of all the entries in 
the results is IMO totally in conflict of "To Finish is To Win."

If the vets do their job and look at all horses and makes a valid 
determination that a horse has a problem, developing a problem or is 
fine of the riders that are pulling themselves - then the misuse of the 
"RO" is not an issue. I don't believe that misuse of "RO" is that big of 
a problem these days. There may be pockets where it is a problem. There 
may even be some vets that have a tendency to want to be "liked" and 
don't do their job. In general it used to be a problem, but I don't 
believe it is currently. It seems to me that most of this discussion is 
based on a preceived problem that may or may not exist. That's a pretty 
flimsy reason to change a rule. Even if there are a few vets or a few 
rides that abuse the "RO" pull code, fix that problem - don't change the 
rules.

Truman


KimFue@xxxxxxx wrote:

> In a message dated 09/22/2005 7:22:37 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
> tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>     I also suspect the people doing the whinning about this would also be
>     whinning about their grades going up on the instructor's door ;-) .
>
>     Truman
>
> Truman.
>  
> So, having a discussion on an endurance list about endurance pull 
> codes discrepencies, voicing a possible reason why the stats may be 
> skewed, coming up with a possible solution, and being open to changing 
> my mind is "whining" in your book :)  Interesting point of view. 
>  
> Perhaps you would like me to comment on some of the more important 
> threads that have come up on the list like endurance dogs (I have 
> several recommendations), the best sports bra for riding (IMHO), and I 
> have several cute and funny jokes (OT from endurance) that I could 
> pass on that are not too off colored for the list and some that are 
> definitely off colored that I could pass on to you privately. :)
>  
> Kim
>  



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"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite 
of a profound truth may well be another profound truth."    Niels Bohr 
-- Nobel Laureate, Physics




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