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k s swigart wrote:
> Joe Long said:
>
> > IMO an automatic penalty (beyond not finishing) for a horse
> > being not able to complete a ride would be arbitrary, capricious
> > and counterproductive.
>
> I did not ever, and have now corrected people twice, suggest and
> automatic penatly for a horse not being able to complete a ride.  The
> penalty I suggested was that world class riders who present their horses
> to the vets and say, "I belive my horse to be fit to continue" and the
> vets say, "Well, it is not." should be told that they need to go home
> and learn more about fitness to continue before they can call themselves
> world class riders.
>
> Riders that go to the vet and say, "I know that my horse is not fit to
> continue; I retire from the competition" will receive no such penalty.
>
> This is NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT (how many times do I
> have to say it) the same as saying all riders who don't finish are
> automatically penalized.

OK, I stand corrected.  My apologies.

--
Joe Long
jlong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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