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Eric Rueter wrote:

> A question for the group. Below you mention weighing the first 12 or 
> so riders. This lead me to ask why 12? I thought it was only the first 
> 10 horses across the finish line who were eligible to stand for BC. So 
> I took out my brand new - handy dandy - pocket size rule book and 
> looked up the verbage..."Rule 9.3 Under the AERC system, all of the 
> first ten finishing equines are eligible for consideration whether 
> ridden by Junior, Featherweight, Lightweight, Middleweight or 
> Heavyweight riders."
> So the question is does the first ten finishing equines mean the first 
> ten across the finish line, or the first ten to earn a completion (not 
> pulled after crossing the finish line)?

The way I read it is "across the finish line." I have crossed the finish 
line in 11th place and had two horses in front of me pulled at the 
finish line but still could not stand for BC.

Truman

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“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless 
they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” Voltaire


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