RE: Dead/Alive -TEVIS RESCUE Part 2

["Kathy Mayeda" <kathy_mayeda@atce.com>]

Lif, I don't think Denise was criticizing the WSTF organization for
not having a professional horse rescue unit at the ride.  
I think that she just wanted a little more communication among 
all parties so that there is a mechanism that the proper people 
could be called upon in such emergencies - not
necessarily for horse emergency services to be on total standby. 

I certainly would want to have a responsive ride management in
the time of crisis, not one who would simply say "its a tough
ride, we told you so, so you should have stayed home, and quit
whining."  Accidents and metabolic failures happen to the 
most seasoned riders. The TevSweep volunteers are real key here, 
and they represent the management, right?

Denise is providing future riders a service by bringing this
to the WSTF and our attention.  I don't look upon this as 
as complaining, but a real proactive approach to resolve a
lack of communication.

Incidently, I have talked to experienced top riders who avoid this
ride because of previous traumatic experiences, the  
logistics of the terrain with so many horses and the number of unprepared
riders on leased horses.  I think maybe this is not just your
normal endurance ride, eh?

Kathy



-----Original Message-----
From: Lif Strand [mailto:fasterhorses@gilanet.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 3:58 PM
To: Ridecamp
Subject: RC: Dead/Alive -TEVIS RESCUE Part 2


At 09:15 PM 8/10/00 +0000, Bonnie wrote:
>Okay, I've thought of  something worse. Having someone die at a high
profile,
>media-covered event like Tevis and NOT having had an emergency vehicle 
>standing by...
>Disclaimers, waivers, and bravado aside, it's not going to garner much 
>mass appeal or
>big-time sponsorship.

Could I repeat what the original discussion was about?  The original
poster 
was talking about how she couldn't get help for her HORSE at Tevis.  It
was 
not about having emergency stuff for people, it was not about having a 
human die or even be injured at a ride, it was about the 
difficulty/impossibility of expecting RMs to have emergency rescue stuff

available for HORSES.

Horses can and do die on rides - wasn't that a topic of conversation on 
this list just a few weeks ago?  Were there emergency rescue services 
available for that horse?  I don't remember anyone mentioning that at 
all.  So what I want to know is why Tevis is being picked on for not 
providing something that probably no other ride does either?

For the record, people, I am not against anyone providing emergency 
services for people at rides, I just don't see how it is practical to 
provide emergency services for horses above and beyond what vets can do
at 
vet checks, which is hard and disruptive enough as it is.  To ask RMs to

provide it on the trail is just asking too much.  Lif





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