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 I believe the majority of media stopped worrying about " reporting the 
facts, and facts only", a while ago......Now it is about Agendas, and  
getting new awards for sensation....

> From: "rides2far@xxxxxxxx" <rides2far@xxxxxxxx>
> To: qhll@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, magnumsmom@xxxxxxx, ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [RC]   Public Perception
> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:41:31 GMT
>
>
> >>Too late for that Truman. On Monday a newsmagazine was e-mailed to
> potentially every veterinarian in the country that stated "Roughly 10
> >>>percent to 20 percent of endurance horses require invasive treatment
> >>>>following an event, and about 1 percent of equines die due to 
> participation
> >>>>>in a ride." Libby
>
>
> Whoa! Where did *those* numbers come from???? In the 100 or so rides I've 
> attended, I have witnessed *one* death. Assuming there were an average of 
> 100 horses per ride...shouldn't I have witnessed 100? To put that in 
> perspective, in my pre-endurance life I had also witnessed one horse death 
> on a pleasure ride so for me, the score is even...though considering I had 
> only trail ridden with fewer than 100 or so different horses in my life and 
> have endurance ridden with many times that, the *real* ratio would be 
> higher in pleasure riding. (for me)
>
> Were they talking about in Dubai? If so did they make it clear?
>
> Angie McGhee 4000 miles, no invasive treatments or deaths...yes I know it 
> can happen to the most careful, but so far so good.
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