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Re: [RC] VT 100 horses - rides2farhorse > was 4> miles out from Hold#2 (and looked great) and 100 yards from a pit crew stop> (and looked great) when he dismounted to tail up Agony Hill (you think you> Tevis riders have names for your hills!) and the horse threw himself on the> ground! Between me & my horse, I'd be the one more likely to do that when facing Agony Hille. :-) The two instances you mentioned reminded me of our day at OD. At one of the vet checks the mare I was riding just suddenly stopped eating and sort of drew up and "looked very uncomfortable" they said (I was on a walk to the John). Bill took her for a walk down the field and back and then she looked fine. Sounded almost like when you just have a stomach cramp that passes. It was our out time so I figured I'd ride out with them and could turn back if she didn't feel right. She was fine and that never bothered her again (we pulled about 40 miles later for lameness). After we pulled I had her loaded in the trailer to go and they came running over and said they had another horse that had to get to the treatment vet. It was a mare I'd been riding with on the trail and had looked great. They said she just suddenly sort of drew up and looked very distressed. You could see it scared everybody. We unloaded one horse to make room for that one, then boom, the mare just took a deep breath, relaxed and went to grazing. Vets checked her out completely and said she was good to go. Saddled her back up and she finished. Both these rides deal with lots of climbing. Wonder if there's just some stomach muscles that can get a cramp from that? Angie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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