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Though the whole show was exciting and inspiring, some of Steph's  
pictures were really disturbing.  I'm open to how wrong I might be,  
but do delicate legs and weak pasterns like those in many of the  
photos really hold up over the years?  Here I am fretting about my  
five-year-old's "weak" pasterns--yet they're made of iron in  
comparison to those depicted in the photos.... I assume the focus on  
legs was highlighting the issue--does anyone know if outcomes  
correlate with conformation as one would expect, i.e., do those  
horses fall apart early in the game?

The race looked really exciting but it seemed awful too, really weird  
riding positions, lots of big vehicles gumming up the works.  Am I  
way distorting what the event was like?  For all I know these horses  
love what they're doing and are up and eager at the end as fit  
athletes.  I'm not even that disturbed if they're not being handled  
for longevity in the sport, as long as they aren't getting used up  
every outing.

I'd dearly love to ride in international events someday--is it  
possible to get exciting international experiences without wiping out  
ones horse?  Do countries welcome riders who are there for the  
experience, not for a trophy?


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