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This is the take it out of context and whine about what they said syndrome.

What he says was, "If it weren't for the frequent veterinary checks, 
which are mandatory,
can you imagine how many endurance racing horses would die because of
their riders' consuming desire to win? I remember the early endurance
races."

That is pretty much true for the early days. We have come a long way.

Truman

Dawn Carrie wrote:
> He makes a lot of good points...but sadly, he perpetuates the myth 
> that endurance riders are a bunch of yahoos who would override our 
> horses and kill them if it were not for vet checks.
> <<If it weren't for the frequent veterinary checks, which are 
> mandatory, can
> you imagine how many endurance racing horses would die because of their
> riders' consuming desire to win? >>
> Unfortunately, it only takes a one-liner like this in an otherwise 
> good article to perpetuate the stereotype.
> Dawn Carrie
>
> On 2/2/07, *Christy H* <circle.of.mares@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:circle.of.mares@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     This is a great article by a respected man....


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