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Re: [RC] [Endurance Tracks] Great Santa Fe Horse Race: Injured horseriders airlifted t... - Mary Ann Spencer

Perhaps someone with first hand knowledge should give us all a real account of this......... this is not a good situation for anything endurance related.


----- Original Message ----- From: "Jannelle Wilde & Adam Falk" <mfarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 10:02 PM
Subject: RE: [RC] [Endurance Tracks] Great Santa Fe Horse Race: Injured horseriders airlifted t...



Oh, I think I was misinterpreted. I was simply extrapolating from what the article didn't and did say. I thought it was odd that the article didn't mention that the horses were killed...I mean even a non-horse person would probably be curious.

As for going to fast, all I meant was that they were going too fast to stop
before the road.  And yes, that is a ride management issues. I had no
intention of pointing fingers.  It is just a terrible tragedy from all
aspects.

Go have a glass of wine and relax Joe.

Jannelle, back to lurking


Jannelle Wilde & Adam Falk 584 Romie Howard Rd. Yoncalla OR 97499 541-849-2460 866-241-1531 (toll-free) www.mfarm.org & www.wildeivey.com


-----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-
owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Long
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 7:30 PM
To: Ridecamp (E-mail)
Subject: Re: [RC] [Endurance Tracks] Great Santa Fe Horse Race: Injured
horseriders airlifted t...

Jannelle Wilde & Adam Falk wrote:
> So it kinda sounds like they were going fast to the finish?  Hard to
> tell.and NOT ONE word about the horses!

There is no such thing as "going too fast to the finish."  Endurance
rides are also races, and it is common for two or more riders to sprint
flat-out to the finish line as fast as they can.  I've done it many
times over the years.

It is essential at rides to have a safe finish area, including a long
enough runout after the finish line to allow sprinting horses room to
stop safely.  I do not know the details of what happened here, so I am
not blaming ride management.  I'm just pointing out that some  riders
will, properly, race to a finish line as fast as they can and they
should not be blamed or criticized for doing that.

As to no word about the horses, the article was quoted  from a local
newspaper.  Sadly, both horses needed to be put down, and I hear that
the driver of the car is in critical condition.  This is a terrible
tragedy, and no time to be pointing fingers or assigning blame.  All of
those involved need to be in our prayers.


-- Joe Long jlong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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