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AFAIK, that's an FEI style vet check, Angie.

Some of us in the west use the pulse box method but the riders do NOT  
exit to the vet area, it's either optional or the vet has dictated  
that they don't want to see anyone until nearer the end of the hold  
(or after 30 minutes time has elapsed.)  The pulse box is a wonderful  
way to handle a lot of riders that arrive at once with a skeleton  
staff of volunteers or one sprinkled with less experienced pulse takers.

Lots of differences...we're not nearly dousing our horses the way you  
guys do (and I understand why) and hence don't necessarily have  
crews.  I've had a crew maybe five times, and what a wonderful luxury  
it is.  Then maybe we have more volunteers at our rides who can hold  
a horse when nature calls in the middle of a crowd, but they're  
usually not the ones hauling gallons of water to meet the riders.

Lynne


On Jan 8, 2007, at 1:53 PM, rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> > Any comments other than my own regarding Diane's suggestion that the
> > HR be down within 30 min. however the horse has 60 min. from
> > completion to vet through?   Seems like it could accomplish what
> > both individual rules do not!
>
> Vet checks are run very differently in the SE than in the West from  
> what
> I've seen. They seem to come in and head for a water tank and pulse
> takers kinda wander around and offer to take their pulse. They  
> could get
> their pulse and have it on their card without ever leaving their  
> crewing
> area, but couldn't get their time till a pulsetaker was available.  
> Then
> the vet was down the hill a ways and they went down when they were  
> ready.
>
> At a SE ride you walk into a roped off area, past an in-timer and call
> out your number. They write it down the second you cross the line into
> the pulse area. The next available pulsetaker takes your pulse and if
> it's down they record the time *that you walked past the in-timer*
> (doesn't matter of you had to wait 4 min. for a pulsetaker). At  
> that time
> you exit directly into the vet check area. There is not an exit to go
> back to your crew area and do whatever for another 30 min.
>
> Angie

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