In a message dated 5/24/2005 6:10:31 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
kathleenmarie@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
We know
our sport has strived to become safer over the years (CRI and fit to continue
etc) but to an outsider it could still look like we are callous to our horses’
welfare by “pushing them to run 100 miles in a day”.
What sane and well-presented thoughts, Kathleen.
"Rites of Passage" certainly seem a bit more (culturally) important than
winning a buckle.
I am no fan of rodeo, either, but I always wish the riders and animals well
and hope for the best, though I still don't attend them (which is darned-near
sacrilege where I live).
Same for the (so called) "Suicide Race" in Washington.
