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One of the other things I've wondered is what regions have the least amount
of deaths; which have the most?  Are there particular rides who have this
happen more than just once?

This is why I wish the information was more available.  Not to point fingers
at any particular region, or individual, but, maybe, to show that some
changes might be in order if one part of the country is way above the
average, or, to learn what a region is doing differently that never has any.
This should be an educational tool, for everyone to learn from, not
something that is unavailable.

Any information on this topic is better than what we now have which is rumor
and innuendo.  The forms that Heidi has talked about, the ones the vets do
fill out if a horse dies at a ride, are not available for AERC members to
view.  They should be.  Even if it's written in Vetnamese, I have a
dictionary.

cya,
Howard




----- Original Message -----
From: "Heidi Smith" <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Kathy" <kc85124@xxxxxxxx>; "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] Horses treated


> > I'm wondering if there is any relation to the number of horses treated
to
> the
> > number of "easier" flatter rides?  The horses I've been competing with,
> all
> > half-arab,half-saddlebreds, are notorious for not drinking well in camp
> and
> > get pretty carried away on a flat trail.  I avoid flat rides with them
if
> I
> > can unless they are really fit.
> Can't speak for overall, but yep, there sure is in my own experience.
There
> are several stressors at the flat rides--overall speed, the fact that the
> horses behind can see the horses in front for a longer distance and get
> hyped up by that, the use of the same muscles over and over, the mental
> stress of the sameness, etc.  And overall, I've seen more treatments at
such
> rides, vs hilly rides where the horses get happily separated into groups
> going their own speed, use different muscles, and go slower for the most
> part.
>
> And as a rider, I agree with you in your approach to such rides--I call
the
> flat desert rides "3rd-year rides" and I pick the most up-and-down
> "technical" rides for my green horses that I possibly can for the very
> reasons named.  Heck, last year we started a couple of horses on an LD
ride,
> and we started a few minutes late--and thanks to the terrain, we just
about
> never SAW other horses all day!  No reason to get hyped at all....
>
> Heidi
>
>
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