RE: Pulling

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I was involved in creating the form which asks why the horses did not
complete. This form arose because a group of AERC members were sitting
around asking ourselves how many were pulled and why. We would each say, In
my area, nearly all are pulled because of…" or something like that. Pretty
soon we all realized that our beliefs were based on very limited views, not
at all statistically significant. We set out to gather some real data.

On the form we put the three reasons that categorized nearly every reason a
horse would not complete: Lame, Metabolic, or due to rider (injury, sickness,
tired, etc.). Rider option was not to be used as a way of saying that the
rider did not want the horse to continue because it is lame. When used like
that the data is meaningless. When interpreted that way, one year we had
more horses pulled because of rider problems than due to horse problems.

I would always encourage you to pull your own horse rather than needing the
ride vet to do so. It would be my desire that every pull would be due to
rider request, but the cause would still be due to lameness, metabolic or
rider problem. If the veterinarian puts down that you were pulled because
your horse is out because he is off, even though you had requested that he be
withdrawn yourself, do not take it wrong. This is what should be done.
While it was done voluntarily by the rider, the true cause needs to be
recorded.

It will not be counted against you. The data is collected without any names
or ID, only the total number of each category is reported. We need to really
know why the horses are not able to finish. That way we can look at these
reasons and try to find out a way to make more horses complete in better
condition.

Thanks for letting me rant and rave about this. I have been trying for a
decade to get this working and I fear some of my frustration leaked out onto
this page. Sorry.

Sincerely,
Mike

C. Mike Tomlinson DVM
and Benjamin Too
Yucaipa, CA
CMikeT@AOL.com

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Sent: Monday, June 23, 1997 10:45 PM
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