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Re: FW: [RC] Sued for Speed - geckogal85@xxxxxxxxx

Can we all please keep in mind that horses are unpredictable. No matter how well trained they are.

Mike Sherrell <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Anybody whose horse is so upset by the sudden appearance of another horse
moving at any speed, even a gallop, that it shies, dumps its rider, runs
away and kills itself, should not be riding in a public park unless they are
willing to take that chance. In public parks there are bicyclists going
fast, deer bolting across the trail, birds, some big like turkeys and
pheasants, exploding out of the brush, jogging moms pushing strollers, plus
all the one of a kind weird scary stuff we've all come across.

Regards,

Mike Sherrell
Grizzly Analytical
707 887 2919; fax 707 887 9834
www.grizzlyanalytical.com

-----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of k s swigart
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 8:59 AM
To: Ridecamp
Subject: [RC] Sued for Speed


Around here there ARE speed limits on many of the trails. They are
mostly put in place to keep the bicycle speeds down, but they apply to
all users.

However, whether there are speed limits or not, we as trail users should
be prudent in the way we approach blind corners (or rises) where we
cannot see what may be coming the other way or may be on the trail ahead
of us.

This person was lucky that is was only a horse that died. Imagine the
consequences if it had been a person. Babies in strollers are also trail
users around here.

I don't "truck down the trail" when I cannot see the trail to know that
I am not going to run over or run into something.

Personally, if I were a park ranger of a park that had lots of pleasure
trail hikers and riders, I wouldn't allow an endurance ride to be held
there (I wouldn't allow a bike race to be held there either), unless it
were such a big park that the two sets of users were unlikely to be
constantly encountering each other (e.g. I could, in essence, close some
of the trails to the general public without generating complaint).

kat
Orange County, Calif.
:)



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