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[RC] BC judging - Susan E. Garlinghouse, DVMBC judging is always done by the same (usually head) vet for all top ten (or eleven or so) horses, just so the judging is consistent between horses. Also, judging for BC doesn't allow for A-B-C-Ds, and doesn't have a specific score for GI motility alone---the score is a numerical one and is for Recovery, Hydration, Quality of Movement, Lesions and Soundness, which then would include GI motility along with all the other parameters than entail Fit To Continue. The categories for BC judging look less at "is this horse in trouble, need to be pulled, or okay to continue to the next vet check", and much more at "is this horse MORE fit to continue than the other top ten horses". You can download/view the AERC Vet Handbook, which includes discussions of BC judging, forms, etc at http://www.aerc.org/Vets_Handbook.asp Susan Garlinghouse, DVM -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Beth Walker Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 3:40 PM To: Ridecamp Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] [RC] AERC NC story While for most people at a ride, this would be true, it would not be for those being judged for BC, or if the ride gives out an award for the best vet scores regardless of placing. In those cases, getting a vet that grades "hard" on some criteria could cost you the BC, especially if your nearest competitor got a different vet. It certainly isn't important from ride to ride, but consistency WITHIN a given ride on a given day between vets would be, IMO important for those trying for BC. On Aug 30, 2007, at 2:24 PM, Dawn Carrie wrote: What they fail to realize is, it's just a letter on a vet card...it doesn't necessarily mean that their horse is in trouble, or that the vet thinks their horse sucks, or is a cause for shame. Some people take these letter grades too $%#^@ seriously. <G> I guess they take some sort of pride in their horse "getting all As" or something. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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