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  • From: emboote@aol.com
  • To: msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [MSAR] Requirements for horse rider team
  • Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:53:11 -0400

I ride in a unit that trains for SAR, parades and outreach, and city and park patrol. We regularly practice turn on forehand and hind as a basis for our formation work. We also require sidepassing to close up ranks in crowd control.  In SAR field conditions, particularly pulling something, we need to have that control to move the fore or hind ends. The horse can quickly get tangled in a line, or there may be some other situation that the horse needs to move under control to keep the team safe.


-----Original Message-----
From: ghfayret@aol.com
To: MSAR-Riders@lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Tue, Jul 21, 2009 2:41 pm
Subject: [MSAR] Requirements for horse rider team

I am a member of Contra Costa County Sheriffs Search and Rescue in CA.  Our Equestrian Resource requires our horse rider teams to perform most of the common tasks I have seen on other units web sites, an issue among our group is a requirement to turn the horse on the forehand and hind quarters in hand and mounted.  One opinion is this is unreasonable because other units do not require it and they see no need.  The other opinion is riders should be able to move any part of the horse when desired.  Do any of your organizations require the forehand and hind quarter turns?
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