Your May 18 letter to Mr. Jim Knorpp, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Area Director for Fort Worth, was forwarded to this office for response. I apologize for the delay in replying to your inquiry as to OSHA's interpretations of the terms certified and qualified as used in ANSI standards for aerial lifts.
Pole bending. Pole bending is a timed event that features a horse and one mounted rider, running a weaving or serpentine path around six poles arranged in a line.
The Preakness Stakes horses gain notoriety and become legends, the owners and trainers become coveted, and the jockeys gain fame all around the world as the men who won the victories. Some may be skeptical and assume that jockeys are only there as a tool to get the horse moving, but this isnât even half the truth. Jockeys have to have incredible abilities, as they have to manage and motivate these big beasts, as well as have to pass certain strict qualifications in order to become one.