Re: Re: RE: Horses requiring vet care at Tevis

["Cora" <bandc@teknett.com>]

agree
----- Original Message -----
From: Susan Garlinghouse <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>
To: Kathy Mayeda <kathy_mayeda@atce.com>; <Onefarmgirl@aol.com>;
<ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 4:42 PM
Subject: RC: Re: RE: Horses requiring vet care at Tevis


> Thanks, I appreciate your support for my approach (more research), but I
> also agree 100% with Karen's comment that none of it helps if the riders
> don't listen to the results/lessons learned from others and apply it
towards
> their own horses.  The other half of the equation is definitely Education,
> and IMO, AERC needs to work harder towards providing more of it for the
> newbies and established riders alike.
>
> All the research data in the world is worthless if a) it isn't given back
to
> the people it will most benefit, and b) those people don't use it for the
> benefit of their horses.
>
> Off my soapbox now. :-)))))
>
> Susan G
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kathy Mayeda <kathy_mayeda@atce.com>
> To: <Onefarmgirl@aol.com>; <ridecamp@endurance.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 6:58 PM
> Subject: RC: RE: Horses requiring vet care at Tevis
>
>
> > I like Susan Garlinghouses' answer to this dilemna: More research.
> >
> > It is alarming, and I truly believe that the vet's are not taking these
> > statistics lightly.
> >
> > This is also the reason that I am not riding Tevis, even though it is my
> > goal,
> > until my horse and I are REAL ready.  I've crewed it enough to know....
> >
> > But as crazy as all of the stuff that happens at the Tevis, I still want
> > to do it, and get my photo on Cougar Rock!
> >
> > Kathy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Onefarmgirl@aol.com [mailto:Onefarmgirl@aol.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 3:42 PM
> > To: ridecamp@endurance.net
> > Subject: RC: Horses requiring vet care at Tevis
> >
> >
> > Well, some interesting responses to my question about this.   I heard
> > from a
> > half a dozen folks, all with essentially the same reply - somewhere in
> > the
> > vicinity of 25 horses required IV fluids and/or other relatively
> > aggressive
> > veterinary care.   That's about 10% of horses entered.
> >
> > Disclaimer:  None of the folks who replied was a ride official, or one
> > of the
> > treating vets, so the fact that all seemed to have approximately the
> > same
> > number to offer still doesn't necessarily mean that this is accurate.
> > (As
> > we have seen on RC, sometimes "everyone" has the same WRONG
> > information.)
> >
> > Oddly enough, three of the six folks who replied included a comment to
> > the
> > effect that we probably wouldn't be able to confirm the actual number of
> >
> > treated horses, and two offered a disclaimer asking not to be quoted as
> > the
> > source of info.   Of course their request for privacy is completely
> > fine, but
> > the fact that they felt confidentiality might be necessary for some
> > reason
> > adds to my sense of unease.    Surely these numbers are known to the
> > vets,
> > and aren't a nasty little secret?
> >
> > So.....  I'm inclined to open a discussion, based on a the apparently
> > high
> > number of horses requiring treatment.   Don't you folks think this is of
> >
> > special concern?   I understand it's a tough ride, but sheesh!     I can
> > just
> > imagine how some of us would respond if we heard that 10% of rodeo
> > horses or
> > track horses required IV therapy after an event.   I can just see one of
> >
> > those photos of a "line" of horses with jugs hanging published by PETA.
> >
> > Yikes!
> >
> > Could the high number of treated horses just be representative of better
> > or
> > more available vet care?   Obviously, with a 49% completion rate, the
> > vets
> > were reasonably aggressive about pulling horses that didn't look good to
> > go.
> >
> > I'm sure willing to hear from anyone who wants to dispute these numbers.
> > If
> > the numbers are accurate, I'd really be interested in any input
> > especially
> > from those who were there or from the vets about what we are seeing
> > here.
> >
> > I don't want to leap too far without better confirmation of the facts,
> > but if
> > these numbers are correct, I think we all need to give this some long
> > thought.   We seem to be learning more every day about the physiology
> > and
> > exercise metabolism of these horses - could it be that we aren't
> > succeeding
> > in making the sport safer for them?    Whadaya all think?
> > pat farmer
> >
> >
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