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From: Elaine Parker 
Email: Elainep@ufl.edu

I'm a new member of AERC, having just
joined as a result of volunteering at
a couple of riders.  I'm also a lurker 
to ridecamp who seldom speaks up.  This
subject has really called to me.  All of
the debate as to the letter of the rule
aside (and I do appreciate Steph's clarification of it), I am fully in 
support of the Ride Managers on this.  I 
really don't care about the insurance 
issue, we in America depend too much on
insurance and law suits, what concerns 
me is physical safety of the other 
riders and horses.  If the lady with the
stallion wishes to risk her life with
a miss-behaving horse so be it. I don't.
I appreciate the ride managers probably reluctant decision to ban someone and their horse because they did not want 
to see someone injured!  I personally 
would feel great mortification if my 
horse offered injury to another.  Surely, if show horses can maintain
their manners, so can ours.  And please
don't tell me that they are too hot
blooded or that it's a race.  Thoroughbreds get ruled off the track
for that type of behavior.
I'm with Dr. Heidi on this. Commonsense
dictates that the ride managers do what
is necessary to provide as safe a ride as possible.  There are enough variables
that cannot be controlled.  A poorly
mannered stallion can be.