Re: RC: Re: Re: Walk the walk

[Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com>]

There are PLENTY of well experienced, well qualified people out there.  MANY, but
NOT ALL, are currently active riders.  Does NOT mean they are not capable of
being a good "official"....

Teddy (go at it)

Howard4567@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 12/28/99 4:37:33 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> superpat@gateway.net writes:
>
> <<  I for one would like to see officials and judges learning about the sport
> and
>  it's attendant problems and I do not think that riding two 25 milers, or
>  fifty or 100,  will make them a better judge or a better vet.  >>
>
> Oh, but it will.  They might consider that maybe some riders actually know a
> little about their horse, that standing in a long line at a vet check might
> be the cause of the horse not "springing" out of the gate during a trot out
> causing you and your horse to get pulled due to lameness, that it can be
> dangerous as hell standing in that line with a whacko horse in front of your
> face who should have a red ribbon on the tail.  That driving a thousand miles
> to ride a horse 25 may cause one to become a bit irritable and actually have
> the nerve to discuss the criteria if the vet decides to pull your horse at
> the first vet check.
>
> I can go on and on here, but if I know a vet is also a vet that rides, he/she
> will be the one I go to.  Please flame me here, it's getting cold in my house
> and I could use the heat.
>
> cya,
> Howard
>
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