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A difficult trail and and a dangerous trail are not one it the same. I 
am all for a difficult trail but if there is a dangerous section of 
trail, by all means it should be changed to be made safer if at all 
possible. If not it should be marked as a dangerous section of trail.

Truman

DreamWeaver wrote:

> I just wanted to say that the point about a horse falling off of a 
> trail and dying is relevant and attention should be paid to it.  It 
> *could* be just an accident, but a lot of times when horses are 
> injured or hurt on the trail it is because they were tired.  Which can 
> be interpreted in many ways, but if it happens too frequently maybe 
> the RM could adjust the difficulty of the trail, or adjust where the 
> difficult sections are in parts of the ride, or the vet checks.  If 
> there is a ride where in 3 years, 6 horses are injured and 1 dies and 
> 2 or 3 others come close on a particular section then it is possible 
> that changes could be made that could reduce that risk considerably.
>
> Karen
> in NV



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