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Hmmm...unfortunately, considering the lack of information on horse
deaths provided by the BOD and the number that occurred this year, I'm
not sure that we have completely abandoned that attitude....

Jim, Sun of Dimanche, and Mahada Magic

Barbara McCrary wrote:
> That's true!  I can remember when a horse only had to cross the finish line
> to get a completion.  The horse could collapse, be sick, or die, and still
> get a completion.  And that went on in the 1980s, too.
>
> Barbara McCrary
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Magnumsmom@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 7:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [RC] 100's
>
> > "tom sites" <goearth@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > [...]
> > > So when we were dumb and didn't =
> > > have the selection of horse or tools like heart moniters, gps, =
> > > electrolytes, saddles or shoe knowledge the OD in 1977 had a 69% =
> > > completion ratio while the Carolina in 2002 had 29%.
> > [...]
> >
> > And in 1977 the horse didn't have to be sound at the finish
> > line either, let alone fit to continue.
> >
> > Kathy Myers
> > in Santa Fe, NM
> >
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