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FW: [RC] mongol derby supporters - Mike Sherrell

Considering the amount of death and destruction from thoroughbred racing, rodeo, 3-day eventing and, yes, sanctioned endurance riding, is all this "outrage" perhaps a little overdone, if not badly misplaced? I would think that the number of horses put down with broken legs in a year of Horse and Hounding (which I presume is devoted to foxhunting) would probably equal the worst that could come out of this Mongolian once-off.
 
 I'm wondering if there's some displacement going on. I mean, aren't there people that rent horses to people they don't know just to ride the Tevis?
 
Regards,
 
Mike Sherrell
Grizzly Analytical (USA)
707 887 2919; fax = 707 887 9834
 


From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy Stafford
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 12:43 PM
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC] mongol derby supporters

If you're looking for a supporter of the derby to write your anti-derby letters to, I'd suggest Horse and Hound magazine of the UK.  They have a blog of a dressage pony rider (Katy Willings I think is her name) that is preparing for the derby, which to me, means they support it.
 
when I first came across the blog, i thought it was cute and have been reading it.  Not knowing anything about the derby, I just assumed it was set up similar to AERC or FEI endurance rides (naive me...).  Now that i know what I know, I'm a bit appalled that a publication like horse and hound, and a rider who should know better, thinks it's a great adventure to be pariticipating in the event.
 
Cindy