Re: Barney/Valerie

["Howard Bramhall" <hwb67@msn.com>]

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Linda Hedgpeth

Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 1:17 PM

To: ridecamp@endurance.net

Subject: RC: Barney/Valerie

 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Truman Prevatt" <tprevatt@mindspring.com>


If eventing has a bad public relations
> problem because of over riding of the horses, just think of the
horror on the
> average person when they see several endurance horses lined up with
IV's
> dripping into their veins.

> Truman

Here, Here, Here!   We not only have horses lined up with IV's
dripping into their veins, (which incidentally, is a horror to me,
too) we occasionally have dead ones such as the poor little mare that
lost her battle to live at the June NASTR ride.  Not one person who
was there, has stepped forward to protest this atrocity.  That speaks
volumes about some of our endurance brethren.  She was ridden to
death.

Yes sir, the sport of endurance should go over well with John Q
Public.  Wonder if they will show the IV bagged horses on TV?

Linda Hedgpeth


Linda:

If you know something about it, maybe, you should speak up.  I am amazed at the lack of talk about this one. Doesn't anyone who attended that ride own a computer, except for Linda?

This is not like Ridecamp at all, not talking about a horse that was lost at an endurance ride.  If something goes wrong at a ride, the rider is usually hung out to dry or crucified before they even get home. Have we gone Politically Correct or something?  I'm in shock here.

cya,

Howard