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RE: [RC] RO-L vs LAME - Susan E. Garlinghouse, DVMIn your case, where you, on the trail, determined that your horse was lame, and you made the decision to withdraw from the competition, walking back to camp, RO-L would have been quite reasonable. If, on the other hand, the vet was watching the horses on the trail and saw you, still in the competition, on a lame horse, then he/she could eliminate you with a L pull code. Nope, sorry. If the horse was walked back into camp, and still lame when seen by the vet, then it's a Lame pull, regardless of the fact the rider saw the problem first out on the trail. If the rider walks the horse in, the horse is now recovered and sound and trots out okay, but the rider very reasonably still wants to quit, then and ONLY then can she have an RO-L. It's not a race to see who can spot a problem first and decide the horse is done for the day. Susan Garlinghouse, DVM =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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