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[RC] Vet Check holds - rides2far

Are there any rides out there that still 
start
hold times upon entering the check?  What is the feeling on this?
Randy

Awful idea. Back when we did that you could have a fit horse walk into a
vet check at 60 and another horse with it that was running on heart that
was *barely* 72 when the hold was up. With a straight hold they'd leave
together! Talk about a recipe for disaster. The best part of the gate
into the hold is that it separates horses up so that they're  traveling
with other horses that are the same level of fitness.

I was asked to manage the Tennessee Spring Ride and wanted to do the gate
into a hold for the first time. The old timers had a fit...said it
"wasn't fair to horses that don't recover as fast" Well Duh! We finally
had a compromise that first year and had a "Ten Minute Gate" into a hold.
That means so long as they came down within TEN minutes of each other
they left together. Talk about stupid. The next year they finally let me
go straight gate into a hold. Now...would you like to hear their argument
that vet cards would never work...everyone would lose them? How's about
"can't put numbers on hips...you've got to wear these pennies?" I don't
miss the "old way".

Angie

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