"Regarding the horse fatalities. I was only aware of one, that was the
50 miler horse that died from a twisted gut. Tragic, but not necessarily due
to poor vetting or over-riding. The other fatality I hadn't heard
of."
Of course I wasn't there so my input doesn't mean much, BUT --- a
twisted gut that resulted from a horse simply rolling (as was previously stated
on RideCamp) is ONE thing --- however, if the horse was rolling because of
colic -- well that's ANOTHER thing entirely and most
probably IS a result of poor vetting or over-riding or at LEAST a direct result
of having been entered in that particular ride...
