>From what I hear the chance of being tested at an endurance ride in CA
is much greater than outside of CA where the AERC does it's own
testing. It would be interesting to see the distribution of the test
both CA and outside.
Truman
Barbara McCrary wrote:
As far as CA is concerned, a ride manager pays the state $3 per starting
horse, in every horse event there is in the state, but that certainly does
not guarantee that a technician will come to the event, at least not
endurance rides. I'll bet a technician has shown up 3 or 4 times in the 25+
years we have been managing rides. So the idea of the government
enforcement doesn't hold water. Furthermore, in CA we already have enough
government interference to last us a lifetime....I'd just as soon not have
more. And the reason we don't allow drugs, et al. is probably to protect
the horse from serious damage. Imagine a horse on some sort of stimulant
and he goes on and on, not knowing he is about to crash.
After re-reading the post below, I'm wondering if I missed some "tongue in
cheek."
Barbara
-- We imitate our masters only because we are not yet masters
ourselves,
and only
We
imitate our masters
only because we are not yet masters ourselves, and only
because
in doing so we
learn the truth about what cannot be imitated.
