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Jackie Causgrove wrote:

> First, any horse can jump a 2' 6" fence.  Horses jump obstacles at that 
> height in the fields, paddocks etc all the time.  Without  
> difficulties.  2' 6" obstacles, to a horse, is not an intimating height.

I have a horse who can't jump... anything. He's just not getting the 
connection to pick all 4 feet up, so we quit trying.

> Secondly, in all the years (I repeat years, as I am getting as old as 
> the dinosaurs), I've never heard of such an accident. 
>  A lot of other accidents can and do happen.   With jumping and without 
> jumping.

There were one or two broken necks at HITS this year. All in jump offs. 
There was a broken neck 2 years ago to a Junior horse in California in 
XC. I've heard of others, but none that I can prove.

> And to answer the question in a previous post (sorry if this redundant) 
> about it being eventing and not jumping...  2/3 of eventing is jumping; 
> either cross country or in the stadium.  The 1/3 is dressage.

Jumping... the jumps fall down. Eventing you hit them and you're just 
screwed.

Steph

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