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Kori,
Maybe there is "no punishment" as you call it,
because there are situations where treatment is involved and it may not be
because of over-riding. You can't set a standard of 'the first time your
horse is IV'd, you can't ride again until next year". There are different
situations out there, and one "punishment" won't fit them all. Likewise,
if AERC tries to legislate this, it goes the same was as the safety issue(s)
recently "discussed" (I'm trying to be polite here) and leaves the organization
potentially liable. That will trickle down to you and me, honey, because
the members will have to pay for it!
You cannot legislate [what should
be] common sense. Some people have it -- many do not. The
government has tried for years -- just look at some of the warning labels
on things, such as lawn mowers. Still we have court cases for people
doing stupid things and juries of their peers rewarding them for doing so!
Where does it stop? "More rules" hasn't worked, but a system of inquiry
(sort of like an inquest) for the more heinous offenses might... and then maybe
"black-balling" or something. I don't know -- just my opinion, and
everyone knows what those are like...
Milinda Ellis
Beargrass Cleveland Bays
Jewett, Texas
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 10:09
PM
Subject: [RC] Protecting Horses
I am wondering why
there is no such punishment to those riders that do decide to ride to win and
only to win...? They obviously don't care enough about their horses, and will
keep doing this until they are stopped... Easy enough for them, if the horse
is lame they load them up and take them home, and next weekend there out again
on another ride. If the horse is IVed they still don't learn. So
why isn't there some sort of punishment..? The first time your horse is IVed,
you can't ride again till next year! There needs to be more dicipline for
those riders, otherwise people like myself and many others will end up
being punished sooner or later, for their carelessness.
Kori Byrd & Nantyka's April
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