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Steph said:  "There are very very few horses in AERC rides that actually 
have metabolic
failure resulting in death. i.e. the classic 'ridden to death' - this just 
doesn't generally happen in this sport any more.
Most of the fatalities are euthanizations due to colic (inoperable, or 
declining surgery) or to freak accidents - broken legs, falling off cliffs, 
etc"

This may be partially a side effect of improved electrolyting protocols, 
etc.  In human medicine, for example, one of the reasons so many people die 
of cancer is that medical science won't let them die of anything else...

We get better and better at dealing with the things we CAN fix--until all 
that is left is something we can't.

terre


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