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On Jan 15, 2008, at 8:51 AM, Katrina Mosshammer wrote:

>  You can "decide" to quit but you still won't get an RO until the  
> vet passes
> the horse as fit 2 cont. and until you do see them you are not  
> officially
> out of competition.
>
> Katrina

This really does need an official clarification from AERC. You are  
indicating that after the rider has decided to withdraw,  it is the  
vet that determines the pull code, be it L or RO-L (or M, RO-M).

I am saying that, the rider, having decided to withdraw AND  
determining their reason for withdrawing, has determined their pull  
code and the vet evaluation is simply to insure that the horse is not  
in jeopardy, but NOT for the purposes of determining a reason for  
disqualification of the horse.

I just took a quick look at the rules and could not find the  
reference to "all horses being required to have a vet exam after they  
are withdrawn from competition". Can anyone quote the specific rule?   
(p.s. I did find lots of references to post completion evaluations)

jt

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