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Going back to Melissa's article...

"If a rider is electing not to continue, the horse must still be examined by
the ride vet (all horses entered in AERC-sanctioned rides are to be examined
by a control vet regardless of whether the rider is electing not to
continue) and the horse must be deemed fit to continue in order to use this
code. If upon exam the control vet determines the horse is not fit to
continue, other appropriate codes (L, M, SF) should be listed. The RO code
is to be used only when the horse has been examined and passed by the
veterinarian."

Katrina

-----Original Message-----
From: John Teeter [mailto:johnt@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: January 15, 2008 10:17 AM
To: Katrina Mosshammer
Cc: 'Ridecamp Alexandria'
Subject: Re: [RC] Pull codes

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are withdrawn from competition".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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