First I need to state this is message is sent to educate
me.I am not sending this to incite
a riot or cause anyone trouble (but I suspect it will).I crewed at the 100 mile Nation Championships
in Warner Hot Springs last week. Of
the 30 starters only 11 finished.Lots of the pulls were due to metabolic problems.I personally saw 5 horses with IV’s.I did not keep a record, nor did I
inquire who owned the horses or who rode them.In other words I do not know the particulars
on the horses requiring treatment.So here is my question, is it normal for a National Championship ride to
have so many pulls and so much metabolic issues?Again, this is for my education only.
Thank you in advance for your responses and trying to understand what happened,
Nancy Reed (yep, stupid here in), Elfin
Forest, CA
PS My guy got pulled at 54 miles for a suspensory
injury.It was heart breaking for
all of us on the team.
