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After reading the AERC Rider Handbook a few times tonight, I don't see any 
rule stating that a rider must be able to control  his/her horse. I guess 
that means a rider CAN legally pony another horse/rider throughout the 
entire ride? Not that it makes me think we need an age requirement, but I 
did believe a rider had to be able to control their own horse, which would 
stop very young children from being entered in a ride if their sponsor had 
to lead their horse during the ride. Or is there a rule that I just couldn't 
find?  I also thought I read recently that one person could not use another 
rider's horse to tail up, but I couldn't find that tonight either. Maybe I'm 
confusing WSTF rules with AERC rules.

Kathy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Truman Prevatt" <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Sherman" <sherman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "endurance.net" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] kids and horses


> Sherman wrote:
>
> > However, the current AERC rules do not allow a newborn, a 3 month or 3 yr
> > old to be tied onto & ponied for the entire ride since they are not in
> > control of their horses, right?
>
> No. A 3 year old was ponied around an endurance course - 100 if I remember
> correctly - a few years back.
>
> There is your precedent.
> Truman
>
> >  Likely these institutions (Stanford medical school, Johns Hopkins
> > medical school or Harvard medical schools) would be happy to advise all
> > society on how we should live our lives. However, I don't see many basing
> > their lives on what "science" recommends.  Show us the statistics that
> > prove an age rule is needed.
> >  Kathy
> >  Truman wrote:
> > defending the fact that under the current AERC rules a parent could tie a
> > 3 month old kid to the saddle and pony him for 100 miles. Under the
> > current AERC rule as soon as they exit the womb - they are eligible to do
> > an AERC ride. Is that what we really want? What Joe points out is a need
> > to bring some reason to the issue.
> > Truman
> >  And then:
> >  I suspect these institutions would be happy to advise the AERC if
> > approached. I would like to see any rule based on science.
>
>
> --
>
> "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm
> not sure about the former."  - Albert Einstein



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