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    Re: [RC] Six horses died this year at AERC rides? - Rides 2 Far


    > Well, what if the owner pushed too hard?  forced the horse to do 
    something that resulted in a broken bone? went to fast on soft > ground >
    and pulled a tendon? Or the horse went beyond metabolic recovery. 
    
    You want to start trying to figure out whose fault it is when a horse
    goes lame and punish the guilty party?  What if it's the horse's mama who
    gave him weak tendons? Do we hunt her up? >g<  I think of life *and*
    endurance riding as a great big game of chutes & ladders (did ya'll have
    that game?)  You choose the right horse...take this ladder and advance 10
    blocks.  You run him too hard too soon...you land on a chute and lose 6
    months competition.  The horse does a pretty darned good job of punishing
    those who do things wrong.  Either with time off...or financial loss.  
    
    I'd love to see some bad things happen to some jerks...but somehow it
    very often seems they've made a deal with the devil and get away with
    murder, while the most conciencious riders around have all sorts of bad
    stuff happen.  
    
    Angie
    
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