Re: RC: ex-race horses

[Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>]

At 01:49 PM 1/10/01, Roxi Anderson wrote:
>Just do your pre-purchase exams (x-rays and such) as you would any horse 
>before buying and you should be relatively safe, if you listen to your 
>vets advice.

You all are much braver than I am.  I just *know* if I got a horse off the 
track, it would be one with damage that doesn't show on x-rays.  Some sort 
of tendon damage that would allow me to condition for a few years and then 
the horse would break down at the first ride.

Lif Strand
Quemado NM  USA
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