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I agree that "self esteem" or any other "rider mind problem" should 
not be a factor here. Horses do not care about their ride stats or 
pull codes. If a rider slows their pace because of the fear of 
getting an L or M code then that alone is "promoting the welfare of 
our equine partners".
Don Huston


At 07:08 AM 1/16/2008 Wednesday, Truman wrote:
> In reality if the competition codes do not reflect the reason for 
> pulls they are worthless to the AERC. In which case there is not 
> reason to collect them. It gets right down to:
>
> a) is the AERC role to collect data that has the potential to 
> provide valuable information which in the long run could be of 
> benefit to both the riders and welfare or the horses?
>
> or
>
> b) is the AERC's role to worry about the "self esteem" of some small 
> subset of the riders because it upsets them so much to see an "L" or 
> "M" by his/her wonderful horse's name?
>
> Personally I go with a) and I believe that's implied in the bylaws 
> of the organization. The AERC should not be in the rider self esteem 
> business - it should be in the collecting data that could 
> potentially aid in promoting the welfare of our equine partners.
>
> Truman

Don Huston
donhuston @ cox.net
SanDiego, Calif 



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