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[RC] Horse deaths - Lynn White

Someone on this string mentioned that there were 10
horse deaths this year.  Though it may be the highest,
it may be high because there were just so many more
"starts" this year.  A much more accurate death rate
would be horse deaths per the number of horses that
started an endurance ride for a particular time
period.  With all the data at the fingertips of AERC I
would bet that the acual deaths per horses starting
has generally declined.  I would almost bet money that
deaths per horses started in 2006 is way lower than in
say 1970.   There are always going to be inexperienced
riders that over ride their horses (I know this
because I WAS one once) and accidents.  What nobody
seems to be commenting on is AERC's untiring effort to
educate new riders and tighten the "fit to continue"
criteria.  This in my opinion has prevented many
unnecessary horse deaths.  But this sport is not idiot
proof, and the best intentions of ride managers and
AERC can not make up for over-competative riders that
continuously over ride their horses while managing to
fly below the radar. 


      
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