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I any non-entered horse riding with you, whether in front, alongside or behind, was considered pacing or prompting, and most horses think it is too since most are competitive to some degree, unless they are only walking, but many horses are even competitive at a walk and want to get ahead or feel pushed to go faster from the horses behind them. I thought I'd even read that a DQd rider could not continue on the trail, but I suppose that would affect only AERC members.

 

Kathy

 

Truman wrote:

 

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.