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Here in Ontario, OCTRA rides routinely give out a High Vet Score Award and 
it is as much covetted as the BC award. My horse Parker has been the 
receipient of it twice this year out of our 4 rides (getting to stand for BC 
every one), once finishing in 7th and the other after finishing 1st. A major 
surprise both times and at the one ride, it was the biggest ribbon given out 
<VBG>. Neither time were we the BC winner either.

Dessia


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan E. Garlinghouse, DVM" <suendavid@xxxxxxx>
To: "'Beth Walker'" <bwalker2@xxxxxxx>; "'Ridecamp'" 
<ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 6:33 PM
Subject: RE: [RC] BC judging


> >
> If you look at the form used for BC evaluation, there's an area where the
> vet scores are tallied up, which are derived from the previously mentioned
> recovery, hydration, etc.  That vet score is then part of the equation 
> that
> then factors in rider weight, finish time, etc.  So the horse with the
> highest vet score is not always the horse that wins BC.
>
> At least when I head vet a ride, I always like to announce which horse won
> high vet score, which may or may not be the same horse that won BC.  Even 
> if
> it isn't an "official" award, I think it's a nice distinction to make 
> public
> note of.  That isn't a given either, though---if there aren't any horses
> worthy of BC, then there also might not be any horses worthy of a high vet
> score (if the high vet score was still abysmal).  That's never happened at
> any of the rides I vet, but it could happen (and has, at other rides).
>
> Susan Garlinghouse, DVM
>
>
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