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Re: [RC] RC.RC:Europe vs AERC rules - rides2farDr. Nik, I think people are still misunderstanding and assuming that if we don't personally plan to have our horse come down within 30 min. My guess is that everyone who has argued against this rule probably vets through within 5 to 15 min 90% of the time and could do it closer to 99.9% if we tried. The point is that it is nice to not have to rush, be allowed to walk in from a distant check or in general, just take your time if you feel like it. It's nice, and good to have the option if you happen to be sponsoring a tired junior or just want to clean the crud off your horse before it dries. There are times, when it's very hot, and no shade when the pulse may hover slightly above parameter and I can imagine a healthy horse taking a minute or two over 30. It's uncommon, but I'd hate to see someone with a horse the vets *felt was truly fit to continue* lose a completion over one beat high and 2 min. over. If the vets feel the horse is not fit to continue, they can always hold the completion. We'd be perfectly happy to give up that bit of convenience if we believed it was necessary for the vets to be able to improve safety rates. But we don't feel that taking that 30 minutes of prep time will truly make a difference in the final state of horses that finish. I cannot imagine that a horse that had dangerously slow recoveries would not also have a sufficient CRI jump to catch the attention of the vets...so why shorten the time? Finally, many rides I go to have 100-200 riders, probably 80% of whom are just "getting around the course in no hurry". Are most of your competitors racing there? I definately waste less time getting through the vet check when I'm out to try and win something. Angie McGhee =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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