Suspended horse in USEF has 2012 show record?

[DownYonder]

I just looked up a horse in the USEF database, and it says the horse is suspended (in big red letters).

HORSE NAME (9999999)
(Suspended)
Foal Date: No Date Available
Breed: WARMBLOOD
Color: XXXX Sex: X
Sire: XXXXXXX
Dam: XXXXXXX
Membership Type: Life

But it also has a show report (3 shows earlier in the year).

I don’t really understand the suspension thing. Does this mean the horse was suspended AFTER the last competition shown in the USEF report? And for what reasons would a horse be suspended? Any reasons other than drug violations?

[Janet]

Most suspension are only month or two. The suspension list will tell you how long the horse has been suspended.

http://www.usef.org/_IFrames/Suspension/default.aspx

Generally speaking it is the person that is suspended,and that suspension applies ot all their horses.

In addition to drug offenses, people (and their horses) get suspended for all sorts of violations- amateur rules violations, unsportsmanlike behavior, judging at a show they are not licensed for… All sorts of things.

With the exception of the insurance fraud cases, the long term suspensions are due to owing money, and they stay suspended until they pay up.

[PINE_TREE_FARM_SC]

USEF holds the trainer responsible for drug/medication violations. Not the rider, not the owner.
The owner usually has to pay a small fee to the show where the drug/medication violation took place but they are not suspended. The rider is not fined or suspended nor is the horse.

In a case where the owner and the trainer are the same person then the horses owned by the trainer are suspended because of the owner’s role as trainer.

As Janet mentioned, the reason many horses end up on the suspension list is because the owner failed to settle with a show or shows. That suspension is open ended till the debt is settled.

It is not unusual to see a suspended horse with a fairly current competition record.

You can often determine the reason for the suspension by reviewing the online USEF ‘For the Record’ reports of Hearing Committee decisions. But keep in mind that the period of suspension is not usually immediately after a ruling is made. It’s often a year after the date of the violation. For example, if a person is suspended 30 days for a violation that took place in August 2011 their 30 day suspension will start the 1st day of August 2012.

[PINE_TREE_FARM_SC]

USEF holds the trainer responsible for drug/medication violations. Not the rider, not the owner.
The owner usually has to pay a small fee to the show where the drug/medication violation took place but they are not suspended. The rider is not fined or suspended nor is the horse.

In a case where the owner and the trainer are the same person then the horses owned by the trainer are suspended because of the owner’s role as trainer.

As Janet mentioned, the reason many horses end up on the suspension list is because the owner failed to settle with a show or shows. That suspension is open ended till the debt is settled.

It is not unusual to see a suspended horse with a fairly current competition record.

You can often determine the reason for the suspension by reviewing the online USEF ‘For the Record’ reports of Hearing Committee decisions. But keep in mind that the period of suspension is not usually immediately after a ruling is made. It’s often a year after the date of the violation. For example, if a person is suspended 30 days for a violation that took place in August 2011 their 30 day suspension will start the 1st day of August 2012.

[DownYonder]

Thanks, I will take a look at the Suspended report.

[DownYonder]

Update -
Found it after hunting around on the USEF site and getting lucky - the suspension was against the owner for failure to settle indebtedness with the Federation. Am glad to know it wasn’t a drug violation, but jeez, it is a PIA trying to sift through the USEF records to figure this stuff out.