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RE: [RC] [RC] Abuse or Poor Judgment? - Juli Jakub

I agree that the tribunal can decide on abuse and they did decide it was unintentional abuse...my disappointment is as an event rider and a horse person in general who has also been an exercise jockey and has nothing to do with what the Tribunal decided...I figured about what they would say long before it was released...I know politics...but my issue is if you are unable to tell that something was wrong with that horse after the 20th or so dead lame stride than you have no business being on him especially at that level. And I do not agree with the "heat of the moment" excuse. When the stakes are that high in a dangerous sport you should always err on the horsees welfare side. I have had to pull horses up at a competition before low and high stakes...sometimes just for a pulled shoe and they were just a little ouchy and it has lost me good placings. Oh well, better that than doing more damage by accident. I do have a feeling that she will pay more than what the tribunal gave her. Alot of people I am sure will not want to offer her horses or send her students because of this. I only hope that she has learned to listen to her horse and not to whatever drummer was drumming in her head that fateful afternoon.
Juli



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<P>Juli Jakub</P>
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From: "Smith, Dave" <dsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [RC]   Abuse or Poor Judgment?
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:30:18 -0700

Seems to me that a lot of folks are second-guessing those who officially
reviewed the riders' action and are ignoring the tribunal's findings
when they condemn the rider for alleged abuse.  The tribunal did charge
her with poor judgment - a far different thing than "abuse."  I can only
imagine how terrible this woman must feel, knowing that her poor
judgment led to the death of her horse.  While we each have a right to
our opinion on the matter, we also have the responsibility that if we
plan to state our opinion in public, it should be based on facts.  And
unless we actually sat on the tribunal, it is highly unlikely we are
privy to all the facts. To conclude that the rider abused her horse, you
must also conclude that the tribunal was either incompetent in its
investigation, or that it purposefully is lying about the facts of the
case.






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