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Hi Mike.  Your post sparked an idea (uh-oh).  I see the point in  
knowing whether the pulls are evenly distributed or clumped.

However, they way the codes are now, you can only infer this  
information based on historical data of the horse/rider team.  I  
think it would be advantageous to record the placing and/or the time  
of the pull.

Example:  horse was in 3d place at vet check 2 when he was pulled for  
lameness.  The placing and in time info should be available from the  
in/out timers at the vet checks.  If it was recorded on the ride  
results, it would support this kind of analysis.  Shorthand would be  
something like:  L - vc2 - 2hrs 20 min, place 3d

If, in addition, each ride manager reported the milage of the vet  
checks, you would have some pretty precise information - the milage  
traveled, the time taken, place in the pack and the cause of the  
pull.  Even if the placing information is too much of a bother,  
recording the milage and the time of the pull should be easy enough.   
I don't think this data is currently reported.


On Jun 20, 2007, at 5:43 AM, Michael Maul wrote:

> In response to:"Let's say I want to look at the ride results from a  
> particular ride in 2006 so I can be better prepared in 2007 for the  
> same ride.  Would it really matter to me if I learned that there  
> were a total of 15 pulls with a total of 10 M and 4 L and 1 RO  
> listed with the ride results with no names associated with those  
> pulls? "
>
> In my personal view - I think it does matter.  If most of the major  
> category pulls were riders who were considered "hot shoes" that  
> tells me one thing.  And knowing which pulls were associated with  
> which riders can tell me more about the conditions of this ride.
>
> If the distribution was even including riders who normally ride at  
> the back of the pack - that would tell me something else.
>
> Mike

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