Fwd: RC: More on the Oakland Hill Ride

[Klc5355@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/2/2000 7:48:25 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Klc5355 writes:

> n a message dated 7/2/2000 7:19:52 AM Pacific Daylight Time, fasterhorses@
> gilanet.com writes:
>  
>  > At 09:03 PM 7/1/00 -0700, Michael Maul wrote:
>  >  >I believe David just got into a competitive situation that can make 
> people
>  >  >forget what we all need to remember - the safety of your horse comes 
> first,
>  >  
>  >  So are you saying that David's horse wouldn't have fallen down the 
ravine 
> 
>  >  if they hadn't been racing for the finish?  Is the trail that tricky at 
>  >  that spot that going at a fast speed would make it more likely to lose 
>  >  footing?  Or what?  This gets curiouser & curiouser.  Lif
>  >  
>  No one can say what would or wouldnt have happened at that point in time 
> with anyone. The trail is a narrow single track. No one knows how fast or 
> slow he was riding, I was just ahead of him at a slow trot and was putting 
> distance between us. He said he had slowed to a walk to rest his horse for 
a 
> race to the finish, and I am inclined to believe him. Anyones horse could 
> have looked the wrong way and stumble along here and had this happen to 
them. 
> Accidents happen, even to popular riders. Whether or not the accident is 
> related to over riding or not is anyones guess, or opinion. This mostly 
> depends on whether or not you happened to like that particular rider on 
that 
> particular day. Over riding a horse is also a selective process, I see 
horses 
> in the middle or back of the pack treated and exhausted. I have my opinions 
> as to what I think happened, but it is just that, and I will keep it to 
> myself. Because I dont know for sure what happened, or exactly why the 
horse 
> died. And my opinions have been known to be wrong. So I choose to keep my 
> foot out of my mouth, it is not a diet I prefer to live on.


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• To: fasterhorses@gilanet.com
• Subject: Re: RC: More on the Oakland Hill Ride
• From: Klc5355@aol.com
• Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 10:48:25 EDT
• Full-name: Klc5355

In a message dated 7/2/2000 7:19:52 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
fasterhorses@gilanet.com writes:

> At 09:03 PM 7/1/00 -0700, Michael Maul wrote:
>  >I believe David just got into a competitive situation that can make people
>  >forget what we all need to remember - the safety of your horse comes 
first,
>  
>  So are you saying that David's horse wouldn't have fallen down the ravine 
>  if they hadn't been racing for the finish?  Is the trail that tricky at 
>  that spot that going at a fast speed would make it more likely to lose 
>  footing?  Or what?  This gets curiouser & curiouser.  Lif
>  
No one can say what would or wouldnt have happened at that point in time with 
anyone. The trail is a narrow single track. No one knows how fast or slow he 
was riding, I was just ahead of him at a slow trot and was putting distance 
between us. He said he had slowed to a walk to rest his horse for a race to 
the finish, and I am inclined to believe him. Anyones horse could have looked 
the wrong way and stumble along here and had this happen to them. Accidents 
happen, even to popular riders. Whether or not the accident is related to 
over riding or not is anyones guess, or opinion. This mostly depends on 
whether or not you happened to like that particular rider on that particular 
day. Over riding a horse is also a selective process, I see horses in the 
middle or back of the pack treated and exhausted. I have my opinions as to 
what I think happened, but it is just that, and I will keep it to myself. 
Because I dont know for sure what happened, or exactly why the horse died. 
And my opinions have been known to be wrong. So I choose to keep my foot out 
of my mouth, it is not a diet I prefer to live on.

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