I didn't disagree with him at the time, I wasn't really able to
talk much at all that night, but, I respectfully do disagree with what
he said. The ride had everything to do with what happened and, the
only person responsible for it all was me. I'm not sure why he said
what he did to me, quite frankly, I think he was just trying to help me
make it through the night. Many of our ride vets have a heart much
bigger than the horses they take care of and, Todd is definitely on the
top of that heap. Unlike a lot of people who post here on Ridecamp,
they are the last ones to throw stones at the riders when bad things
happen. And, God bless them for being that way. We could all take a
lesson from that book.
Amen..........
Trust me, when a vibrant, healthy, well conditioned horse gets
into metabolic trouble at a ride, especially if it has to be put on IV
or dies, it is endurance related. To think otherwise is burying your
head in the sand. We're not a bunch of chicken little's here screaming
the sky is falling when it is not. The sky, quite frankly, isn't
falling, but, to think that these deaths are purely coincidental with
the fact that the horse just happened to be competing in an endurance
ride at the time is about as lucid as George Bush's grammar.
Amen....
Truman
PS Howard, don't get used to me defending you, and when are your damn
Gators going to stop embarrassing the whole state. At this rate they
are gong to lose to FSU.
