Ridecamp: [RC] there is no way that young and small a body can ride astride a horse that many hours without damage

I'll say it's burden of proof time:

You have made the above claim several times.  From what I can see in past
messages, and from the Archives, young and small bodies have completed rides
without damage.

Do you have any medical studies to back up YOUR claim?

Charles
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Long" <jlong@xxxxxxxx>
To: <FASTGraphic@xxxxxx>
Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] Very young riders in AERC rides


>
> Juniors of many ages have placed ahead of me many times ... usually
> because I was sponsoring them.  I say a five-year-old riding an
> endurance ride is child abuse because, no matter how capable and
> mature they may be mentally, there is no way that young and small a
> body can ride astride a horse that many hours without damage.  If you
> have medical sources that dispute that, I'd like to see them.
>
> Also, of course, because of the inherent dangers in the sport and the
> inability of ANY preschooler to deal with many of them.



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