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Erick,

This is the meat of the issue. Did a statistically significant number of 
horses fall into the category you define below. I suspect the answer is 
"we don't know." We don't require examination at 30 minutes so many 
riders opt to take longer. The trail layout may require a 30 minute 
walk, e.g., the BSF which I completely forgot about till Angie mentioned 
it, duh....... how many times have I done that one.

And if a horse comes up at 45 minutes at a pulse of 48 how do we know 
what it was at 15 minutes or 30 minutes - we don't. Horses vet through 
in 5 minutes then get into trouble - so what's the magic number.

The AERC could address a lot of these issues defining a testable 
hypothesis and take data at rides.

Truman

Erick Larson wrote:
> BUT NO ONE ANSWERED THE CRITICAL QUESTION:
>  
> Has there been a set of horses that would not have pulsed in at 30 min AND did pulse in at 60 min AND subsequently required treatment?
>
> If YES, then how would the proposed rule change affect that subset of 
> horses? (That seems remedial, huh?....maybe not, though)
>
> If NO, then why bloviate over the issue? Move on.
>
> If I DON’T KNOW, then draft Truman to collect data next season to find 
> out.
>
> IMHO, that would be the correct way to approach the issue.


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monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also 
into you.” Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil


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