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You're not finished until the horse pulses down.  Therefore, you do effectively have an additional 30 minutes.  I've done enough of 'em to know how it works.  You cross the "finish" line, but you are not finished, then hang around in the pulse box.  Your horse must meet criteria in 30 minutes.  At that point, you have finished.  You have 30 minutes from the time the horse meets pulse criteria to vet through.

 

See rule L5.4 At the finish, ride time of the competitor continues until a preset veterinary criteria of 60 heartbeats per minute or less is met. (Finishing time is recorded as the time at which the rider asks for and subsequently meets this preset criteria.)  There is no marked finish line on the course that is used to determine placing or completion time.

Kristen A Fisher <kskf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You do *not* have an additional 30 minutes for your final VC in LD. Your pulse down and VC must be done within the 1/2 hour:

 

L6.2.1.1 All equines must stand a mandatory post ride evaluation within one half hour of finishing the course. Riders
may present their equines for the final examination at a time of their choosing during the one half hour period.

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From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Valerie Jaques
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 1:35 PM
To: Ridecamp
Subject: [RC] Rule Change

Currently, if I do an LD, my horse must come down to 60bpm within 30 minutes of crossing the "finish" line, and then I have an *additional* 30 minutes to present him for final vet check.  So, if that standard is good enough for LD, why is it somehow not good enough for endurance?

 

Valerie