Fort Howes Ride [June 06] {usa}

[Aeolus]

EVENT DETAILS

Hosted June 6th - 7th, 2010
Eligible for AHAC points (Arabians and Half-Arabians Only)

AVAILABLE RACES

35 miles
Number of finishers: 6
01. Villanelle KE - Finished with a time of [05:11:29]
02. S DaVinci - Finished with a time of [05:27:20]
03. HPS Badri - Finished with a time of [05:39:53]
04. Sheila SI - Finished with a time of [05:58:50]
05. No More Faith - Finished with a time of [05:59:18]
06. BC Upstanding Citizen - Finished with a time of [06:00:03]

50 miles
Number of finishers: 4
01. Bermuda SI - Finished with a time of [05:31:46]
02. BC ST Rare Request - Finished with a time of [05:47:07]
03. Gemstone KE - Finished with a time of [05:50:47]
04. Beracah Khebask+ - Finished with a time of [05:51:39]

55 miles
Number of finishers: 2
01. Sandon - Finished with a time of [06:12:12]
02. BC Tali Azrak - Finished with a time of [06:23:19]
- Atuan Sylwia - Did not finish, reason: Rider Option

75 miles
Number of finishers: 4
01. KE Taliaha - Finished with a time of [08:45:49]
02. Nazar - Finished with a time of [09:01:07]
03. Tell All - Finished with a time of [09:07:42]
04. BC Concealant SI - Finished with a time of [09:26:04]

100 miles
Number of finishers: 2
01. Monid - Finished with a time of [12:21:35]
02. BC National Hurricane - Finished with a time of [12:28:48]

[Jenna]

Jun 8, 2010 16:20:56 GMT -5 Aeolus said:

55 miles
- Atuan Sylwia - Did not finish, reason: Rider Option

Mind explaining this to me? My first thought was that I didn't include my stable name after hers in the entries, but I checked and others did that, yet I'm the only entry disqualified.

[Lin Ryder]

Eligible for AHAC points, I get that, but for racing or showing?? >< stupid question maybe but just wanna double check before I add the wrong points ><

[Tessa]

Xenalin - Use the AHAC Class A Race point list

1st - 10pts
2nd - 9pts
3rd - 8pts
4th - 7pts
5th - 6pts
6th - 5pts
7th - 3pts
8th - 3pts
9th - 3pts
10th - 3pts

[Lin Ryder]

Thank you Tessa

[Aeolus]

Sorry Eni Explanation: Rider Option is where the rider, not the veterinarian, chooses to pull the horse.

This may be that the rider notices their horse doesn't have his normal get-up-and-go, or seems a little off out on the trail, and even though the horse is checking out fine at the vet checks the rider knows the horse is off. These are pretty common, since no one knows your horse like you do when you've been conditioning over hundreds of miles in the last few months.

Edit: I should add, a great number (most) of "rider option" pulls are where the rider is not fit to continue! Many times people find that that ankle isn't healed enough, or their horse is just wearing them out trying to go too fast, etc. Over the course of 100 miles, there are a lot of things that can go wrong, and a slip and fall might not hurt the horse, but the rider's hip might be killing them, and they decide to call it quits before going out on that last 20 mile loop.