Re: RC: Fw: Re: Getting Pulled

[DreamWeaver <karen@chaton.gardnerville.nv.us>]

At 06:50 AM 04/28/2000 -0500, Louise Burton wrote:
>  Do you want PULLED METABOLIC splashed all over everywhere when you decided
>  your horse wasn't eating well, or maybe his CRI was 12/14?  Geeze, EVERYONE
>is going to think you OVERRODE YOUR HORSE of course!!

So maybe if there was a RO-H option (rider option, horse) you could put 
something like that into that category?  While a horse not eating could be 
termed a metabollic pull, what about all the horses that finish rides 
looking great and haven't eaten?  I've seen on numerous occasions riders 
take horses thru 50's without the horse touching food, even though the vet 
gave them all "A"'s on gut sounds.  Sometimes it isn't just that the horse 
isn't eating, it could be that he just isn't eating as well as normal (but 
still better than a lot of other horses), or maybe you just don't like the 
way he looks when he is eating.......I can see where having something like 
that listed as a metabolic pull would get some riders tights in a wad.

I would like to see the AERC record data pertaining to the number of 
injuries sustained to both rider and horse during endurance rides.  I'm 
sure nobody has any idea how many injuries occur in this sport every 
year.  I've been at rides where as many as half a dozen people ended up in 
the ER (either during or immediately following the ride).  But then, you 
might not end up with anymore lame horses.  They'd all be injured <g>.

Happy Trails,

Karen....who has a spot reserved in her name at the local ER  :+)
& Rocky.....who me?
& Weaver.......I'm innocent :=))