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The vet committee news letter seems to be a clarification of RO vs. RO-L 
and RO-M. The term "personal circumstances" is quite general and quite 
vague. The key working is it seems "... and the horse must be deemed fit 
to continue in order to use this code." The way I read is if the vet 
deems the horse "fit to continue" and you chose not to for what ever 
reason - it is an RO.

Of course if the horse was not fit to continue there would be no 
RO-anything, it would be Lame, Metabolic or Surface Factors. In reality 
I think there was more confusing caused in with RO-L and RO-M than any 
good that came out of it. This was really a feel good rule - an RO-L 
doesn't look as bad on the record as a L. The horse is either fit to 
continue to or not. If it is not - it should be pulled with the 
appropriate pull code. If the vet deems it is fit to continue - even 
after the rider has shared any concerns concerns he/she might have with 
the vet - and the rider still choses to pull it is the riders option and 
should be reflected.

The way I read the newsletter - that is what it says.

Dawn Carrie wrote:
> That would be RO-M or RO-L, depending on the reason you felt she 
> wasn't quite herself. Did you feel that she wasn't moving quite the 
> way she should be, as in her gait wasn't quite right? In that case, it 
> should have been RO-L. If you felt that she wasn't feeling quite 
> herself, as in not eating well, perhaps feeling a little sluggish, 
> etc., it would be RO-M. The plain RO is *only* if there's something 
> wrong with you, or you have a personal reason for not continuing that 
> has nothing to do with your horse.
> Dawn Carrie
>
> On 6/18/07, *Dodie Sable* <dodie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:dodie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     "The RO is to be used only if the rider cannot continue or elects
>     not to continue due to their own illness, injury or personal
>     circumstances. If a rider is electing not to continue, the horse
>     must still be examined by the ride vet (all horses entered in AERC
>     sanctioned rides are to be examined by a control vet regardless if
>     the rider is electing not to continue) and the horse must be
>     deemed fit to continue in order to use this code."
>     ~~~~~~~~~~~~
>     I have pulled my horse twice, after she was examined and the vet
>     said she
>     was "Fit to Continue", but I didn't feel she was fit (she was just
>     "off" and
>     not quite herself). I pulled her, and there was nothing wrong with
>     me...what's that called? I call it Rider Option.
>
>     Dodie
>
>
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