Mounted search and rescue

["T'mi Fi" <tfinkle@erols.com>]

All MSAR Teams should require all horse and rider teams to pass skills 
evaluation.  Regardless of the color ribbon red, green, or plaid, no 
horse or rider combination can participate in any training event [much 
less a mission] without first passing an entry level examination.

Tomi`
TrotSAR.  . 

LAURI STRUVE wrote:

> But let's step back and ask ourselves this:  Does a green horse
> and/or green rider belong in any MSAR activity?  Training, mock
> search, or actual life-and-death mission?
>
> I would say if a horse needs a red ribbon, I.e. is a kicker... they have no place in SAR, where horses may be crowded, and non-horse folks are milling around who most likely don't know what that red ribbon means.