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Re: [RC] To Bob Morris - Joe Long

On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 02:48:36 GMT, Ridecamp Guest <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Please Reply to: ti Tivers@xxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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You will find, if you are interested, that the number of
equine fatalities attributable to endurance competition is
extremely small, well below the actuarial numbers for normal
field deaths.

Bob Morris
AERC Director, Northwest Region AERC>

Gee, Bob, you missed the perfect opportunity to provide genuine facts: the 
actual numbers. Precisely how many horses have died while participating in US 
endurance races over, say, the past 10 years--and is the death rate getting 
better or worse? 

I'll decide for myself what those numbers mean, if you don't mind. 

If you don't provide those numbers, then I'll be left to suspect that they are 
a deep dark secret--and you wouldn't want that. Set me straight. Pass on the 
facts, if you actually have them at hand. If not, perhaps a little research on 
your part is in order so that you can substantiate your claim that I've made a 
horrible mistake. Prove that, and I'll apologise. 

How many died? How did they die (just standing around doing nothing, hit by 
lightening, etc.)? I'm ready for new information at any time.

ti

He told you where to get the raw data:  "... please send a request
to the AERC Veterinary Committee and/or the AERC Welfare of
the Horse Committee for the information."  This topic has been thoroughly
discussed on this forum in recent years, and the information is available to
anyone for the asking.

So if you are really interested in the "actual numbers" and not just
grandstanding again, why don't you do as he suggested?

-- 

Joe Long
jlong@xxxxxxxx
http://www.rnbw.com


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