Biltmore Challenge Endurance Ride

BILTMORE:
1. PROTECTIVE HEADGEAR: Protective headgear is required during competition, and for all juniors whenever mounted prior to and including Saturday.
2. SMOKING:  Smoking is prohibited on trails; OK in camp or at vet check.
3.  DOGS:  Dogs must be on a leash at all times and confined (not tied) when you are riding.
4.  FIRES:  Open fires are prohibited.  Charcoal grills are OK.
5.  MOTORIZED VEHICLES:  Only adults may drive motorized vehicles.
6.  TRASH:  Remove your own trash.
7.  HAY: Greatly excess hay, treat as trash (bag and remove).  Remains can be spread.
8.  MANURE: Manure should be spread.
9.  CREW ACCESS: 
----> No water crewing before or immediately after Arrival Timer.
----> No on-trail crewing, unless management decides to allow one crew point on the last two loops of the 100-mile ride only.
----> Maximum of two people per horse at pulse & vet presentation. 

VETERINARY CRITERIA: 
Finishing criteria will be Fit to Continue.  Vet checks will all be ‘gate into hold’, with 64 pulse requirement, unless vet staff determines otherwise. Except at the finish, the equine must meet this criteria within 30 min of arrival at check or be disqualified.  Other criteria, including exit exam, may be included in rider packet or announced at rider meeting if weather is a factor.  CRI will be used at least twice, including final vetting for Best Condition.  VET DECISIONS ARE FINAL!

FIT TO CONTINUE:   

• A horse must recover to pulse rate of 64 or below within 1 hour of finish for completion.  As soon as pulse is down, a horse may be brought for the final exam, but MUST be presented within the allotted time to avoid disqualification. 
• Horse must be metabolically stable so as to demonstrate fitness to continue. 
• Synchronous Diaphragmatic Flutter (thumps) must not be present at the time of the vet exam for any checkpoint including post-ride exam. 
• There must be no gait aberration that is consistently observable under all circumstances that results in pain or threatens immediate athletic performance, exam to be conducted at trot, straight out and back, without prior flexion or palpation. 
• Any soreness or wounds that affect horse’s ability to go on may be cause for non-completion. 
• A horse may not have received medical treatment by a vet or layman prior to final exam.  A horse must not require treatment for a soundness or metabolic problem.  A horse that a ride veterinarian advises should be treated, but treatment is refused by rider or owner, shall be considered in the same light as a horse that has been treated and disallowed completion.