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RE: [RC] Number of pulls vs who was pulled - heidiBeth, Jody has a point that in the old days, this sort of information was often at least disseminated to those who rode specific rides in the form of spread sheets that listed when everyone had cleared vet checks, and where riders had been pulled. You get the same sort of thing in the "live" Tevis coverage, where you can watch when riders reach checks, and track their individual performance throughout the ride.
Some of this sort of information can be gleaned from the vet card study that is in its pilot stages now. Certainly times into checks should be recorded on the cards, as well as the pertinent information of when pulls occur--at least to the point of which vet check. Hopefully at some point that data will be to some degree publicly accessible.
Heidi
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.
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