Title: "There is always a well-known solution to every human
problem--neat, plausible, and wrong
Kristen A Fisher wrote:
Yes, there is a rule against that:
L6. Completion requires meeting all of the following
criteria:
k. Not having been paced or prompted by an un-entered, withdrawn, or
otherwise unauthorized equine, vehicle or person other than another
entrant.
But you would have to establish the rider was paced or prompted by the
other riders not the mere fact that the person was riding with them.
There is be a difference between riding with a group of trail riders
say for a mile at an area like LBL with a lot of trail riders - even if
you knew them - and being paced or prompted.
It's not the act of riding with someone - it's the act of being paced
or prompted to gain a competitive advantage. If I remember correctly
this rule came out of people whose crews were driving behind them in
100 mile rides at the end to prompt their horse to go on.
Truman
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"There is always a well-known solution to every
human
problem--neat, plausible, and wrong." H. L. Mencken