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Re: [RC] Nationals and treatment - Truman Prevatt

I believe this is the first time there has been this level of treatment at the NC. It turned out to be difficult conditions. While  "racing" may not have caused the problem, under adverse conditions, just being on the trail my be more than a given horse is capable of doing.  It's a bummer but part of the sport is knowing when the conditions are too much for your horse so can pull and ride another day. There is always another day.

Truman

Dabney Finch wrote:
I do agree with Heidi and Ranelle that riders should slow down when it is hot.  Although most of the riders at the NC 100 did, there were some who were definitely in "race mode" and did not.

But I don't want to see anyone jump to the conclusion that all the treated horses at the NC were ridden too fast for the ambient conditions.  Not so. I know of at least two very experienced riders on experienced horses who were riding very conservatively (=back of the pack) and requested that the vet give their horses fluids after they pulled just to be on the safe side... I applaud that these riders would put their horses on the "treatment line" despite the fact that some other people at the ride (or on ridecamp) might therefore jump to the conclusion they overrode their horses....

Didn't we have a series of NC rides a couple of years ago to discourage the "racing," but then that was changed?


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   "It is necessary to be noble, and yet take humility as a basis.

    It is necessary to be exalted, and yet take modesty as a foundation."

 


Replies
RE: [RC] Nationals and treatment, Ranelle Rubin
Re: [RC] Nationals and treatment, Dabney Finch