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[RC] Acceptable horse deaths? - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: Marcia Francis love2ride3@xxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== I am shocked to read about another horse falling off the "Tevis Trail" to its death at this last weekends WS ride. What is even more shocking is how many people seem to deem this as an acceptable risk, and to have an "oh well, s*** happens" attitude. Didn't TWO horses fall off during last years Tevis? One to its death? Not only is it not unusual for this to happen during the Tevis (and apparently the WS) ride, but someone told me it happens to people doing their training rides up there as well. (I believe there was an article in Endurance News this last year about a horse being helicoptered out after falling during a training ride) Why is something not done about this? This section of trail has a history of serioius problems. Honestly,there are enough inherent risks to riding horses and endurance riding, do we need to knowingly put ourselves and our companions in this kind of danger? For a belt buckle? For a photograph (this weekends completion prize for WS)? Why can't this section of trail be fixed or eliminated? I know that there are no compeltely "safe" trails. That is not the issue here. The issue here is that this is a known problem. Is our AERC Horse Welfare committee interested in things like this, and will they do something? I honestly hope that this last fatality is not in vain. My heart goes out to the rider and to the horse. Marcia =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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