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Re: [RC] LD/BC - Truman Prevatt

heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:



For those of us not in the W or PS regions, this is such a non-issue
that it is difficult to grasp the amount of angst that is being
expended to try to fight it.  It is something that works, and works
well.  Peggy Eaton (who has more LD miles than anyone else this year,
last time I checked) has eloquently shared her observations of riding
in regions where this is used.  As a vet, I've vetted LD BC here in the
NW for years, and it has if anything caused people NOT to run for the
win, in hopes of getting BC.  In other words, it has had the opposite
effect of what the naysayers have tried to portray.  It's high time
that the W and the PS regions woke up and smelled the coffee.

Heidi


BC for LD has been done the same way as BC for endruance distances in several regions for years NW, SE and CT come to mind. This method is being used now in most regions. Our experience in the SE is the same as Hedi's in the NW - it's not big deal and the predictions of doom and gloom have not materialized. Like Heidi I find it a bit perplexing that there is such an issue with it. The bottom line with LD BC is the vet score is more important compared to time than it is the the longer distances because the time span in the LD is smaller.

If the issue is one of 4 year old horses being too young - then deal with that and raise the age limit to 5 across the board for any AERC sanctioned event and be done with it.

Truman

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