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Re: [RC] AERC National Championships with an International - Beth Walker

The rides I have attended, we have had lots more volunteers than vets. I think the most vets we had was 6, and usually it is 3 or 4, with generally 2 or 3 different vet check locations. With those numbers, having the volunteers do the pulse taking makes more sense in our area.


On Aug 28, 2007, at 10:10 AM, Steph Teeter wrote:


throw in multiple vet check locations (we had 4 separation locations) and it becomes even more challenging. (you'd need 4 Nancy's and many more volunteer pulse takers). I honestly think it's best to be flexible on this - in our case we had LOTS of vets, and there was never any waiting. In the case where there's a rush, and not enough vets, one should use additional pulse takers. The use of hand-held monitors certainly improves the accuracy and makes up for lack of qualified/experienced pulse takers.

regarding the number of times allowed to present - the FEI rules state that the rider has 2 chances. AERC has no such rule and we made sure that every body understood that. It was never an issue, but if it had come down to it and the horse needed 3 times to present, they would have been dq'd from the FEI competition per FEI rules, but allowed to continue the AERC event.



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Re: [RC] AERC National Championships with an International, rides2far@xxxxxxxx
Re: [RC] AERC National Championships with an International, Steph Teeter