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RE: [RC] Rule Change - heidireply of next posterbut if the official finish is when the horse pulses down, and thehorse pulses down in 24 minutes, then the horse must be vetted within30 minutes of that finish, correct? It wouldn't be 30 minutes from crossing the finish line because the LD horse is not finisheduntil he pulses down.If that's how you read it, then how does any horse ever not pulse down? If he doesn't finish till he pulses down, then it's impossible not to pulse down witin 30 min. of finishing...they're the same thing! I think "finishing the course" would be translated as "arrival at check". In reality, what the LD riders have to do now is what an amended proposal for the endurance distances would do--pulse down within half an hour, and have another half an hour to present to the vet. In other words, their finish is more like a vet check--and the main difference between LD and the longer distances is that for LD, the clock keeps running until the pulse comes down. This is in essence what many of you have expressed as what you want (not the part about the clock still running, but the part about having the half hour only apply to pulsing down, and wanting an additional half hour in which to present your horse) instead of having the 30-minute proposal as originally presented. And quite frankly, it is a compromise worth looking at--it would still accomplish the goal of ensuring that horses pulse down within a reasonable time, which is the main concern that prompted the proposal. And in reality, then, the only difference between endurance finishes and LD finishes would be when the ride clock stops. Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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