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Peter,

The HWC committee could do an easy quick and dirty. I assume the HWC has 
statistics for all the treatments over the past few years. Prioritize 
those treatments into three categories, minor metabolic, major metabolic 
and accidents (rider falls off - horse runs into fence, etc.).

Break the treatments into distances categories - LD, 50 to 95 and 100. 
Then take from the database the total number of starts in those 
categories - both nationally and regionally. Then calculate the 
percentages of LD treatments in each treatment category, 50 mile 
treatments, etc. Do this nationally and regionally.

You can do more but this simple number should be quick and dirty to 
calculate and provide some very relevant information. If they want to 
send me the treatment data - with the rider name redacted of course I 
will be happy to do it.

The best way to expose myths is to simply run the numbers. As Richard 
Feynman was fond of saying - "Shut up and calculate."

Truman

Peter Harper wrote:
> Bruce,
>
> We are all speculating.
>
> It would be very interesting to see the statistics on
> the horses that have require treatment.
>
> I'm sure the Horse Welfare Committee maintains records
> on how may horses require treatment every year. 
> Truman or someone else goo with numbers should be able
> to correlate the riders name with their AERC record,
> ride distance, region or etc.  I've seen similar
> analysis on the pull rates by distance and region.
>
> This would put to rest the argument about if LD riders
> are more or less responsible that endurance riders.
>
> Regards, Pete
>
>
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