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In a message dated 10/26/2003 7:30:51 AM Central Standard Time, tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> I'll be a little more tackful than MB and say you are correct about a 
> large precentage of riders. And I doubt that anyone "does it on 
> purpose." However, there is a minority that puts unacceptable risk on 
> thier horses by riding to close the "famed edge." When you ride on the 
> the edge you sometimes fall off.  In some instances the fleeding fame of 
> the rider is gained at the expense of the horse.



Truman, tactful is my middle name.  And I don't think that anyone actually does it on purpose but there are more than a few that are so clueless, their horses are in danger......mb