RE: [RC] [RC] May 2007 Veterinary newsletter - Jim Holland
OK…here’s an example.
Sunny has NEVER had a metabolic pull. In reality, he has never had a lameness
pull…although they are on his record. He simply has a problem that
he has a HUGE trot, overstrides and yanks front shoes. Can’t keep
Easy Boots on either. I fought that his entire career…even went to FarrierSchool so I could put my own shoes back
on. AFTER I retired him, I discovered a fix…otherwise I believe he
would have finished every ride he started.
So….if my horse has a shoe missing,
is sound at a trot, but I KNOW I can’t go back out there because this is
a really rocky ride…and there is not farrier at the ride and I quit….not
because he isn’t sound, but because I know he WON’T be, possibly
with an abscess or minimally, pulled as lame if I continue, what’s the
pull code?
He isn’t lame, I’m not lame…it’s
simply MY decision to pull. These half-assed ride codes are as waste of
time….they are meaningless…and always will be. IMHO, stupid
idea and the stats will always be skewed.
I've never been able to fathom what all of the
confusion is about.
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