RE: exhausted horses (re: Dance Line)

["Steph Teeter" <steph@endurance.net>]

This is the newly revised Veterinary handbook - it was just
recently finished and approved by the AERC board of directors.
It is intended as a handbook for ride veterinarians, but I highly
recommend that riders read it too. It gives a good perspective
on the incredible job that the vets do and will also give you some
better, sharper tools for judging your own horses's condition
during a ride.

Steph

-----Original Message-----
From: Michelle Rowe [mailto:michrowe@frontier.net]
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 2:38 PM
To: ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: RC: exhausted horses (re: Dance Line)


I was looking for resources on exhausted horses and recognizing the symptoms
and found the good old AERC handbook has a nice section on it.  Thought I
would send the link in case anyone else is interested.

http://www.aerc.org/Veterinary/handbook.html

I had planned two years minimally of NATRC with my young horses (coming 5
and 6) before trying an AERC ride, just to learn what the horses are like
under stress and out on the trail in a more controlled setting.  Then I'd
like to try slow 25's under AERC when the horses are fitter & seasoned on
the trail.  Does this sound like a reasonable progression?

m (aka Michelle Rowe)
Colorado
http://www.redwrench.com


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