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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

This is pretty clear as far as it goes, but it does not address the  
RO-L, RO-M, or RO-SF pull codes at all. It also doesn't address the  
(temporal) order of the evaluations which are performed by the  
control vet completely.

So the following 4 step scenario is possibly the most common:

1) you arrive at a gate, go in to the vet check and receive a  
Fit2Continue evaluation
2) you determine that you will not continue (note that now you fit in  
to the RO category as defined by M.s article)
3) you announce you are not continuing
4) you present for your final evaluation (if this is indeed required)  
and the vet determines that your horse is metabolically distressed or  
Lame and the RO is modified to RO-M (or RO-L as the case may be)

Note that the two sentences quoted from Melissa's article do not  
address this scenario completely. They stop at step 2 I think.

my contention is that since 1) occurred, you have the option for 2)  
which leads to 3) and that by doing 4) the vet may help you determine  
if it is RO-L, RO-M, RO-SF, or just RO, but they should not re- 
evaluate their determination of 1), which was fit2continue, EVEN IF,  
at this point, your horse is not fit to continue.

jt


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