Re: RC: fit to finish??

["Nancy Mitts" <mitts_n@hotmail.com>]

Well, I wasn't there either. BUT remember just because a horse was "there" 
in camp doesn't mean it was being ridden. For the most part they would have 
to be hauled along from camp to camp, being treated by the crew until they 
were again fit enough for service or the trek ended.
They really couldn't just be put on the next bus back home, or shot, or 
dumped out along the road. Packing up and leaving the ride (if you had other 
horses available) just because one of your horses had minor (even if 
unsightly, hair does take a while to grow back)problem would also be a bit 
much. I don't think ridecampers are riding enough or something.
Nancy Mitts

>From: guest@endurance.net
>To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
>Subject: RC:  fit to finish??
>Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 10:20:44 -0700
>
>Stacy Berger I'll start this by saying I haven't ridden endurance for the 
>past 5 years.
>My horse died in his pasture the evening after a  successfyl 50 mile
>competition, finish in the middle of the pack.  I reported it to the vets
>the next day - and I lost my interest in the sport as I mourned the loss
>of my longtime partner.  I am no longer an AERC member - so maybe my input
>'doesn't count'.
>
>That being said - it seems that the 'standard' of Fit to Continue has
>changed.  There was a very public protest for a horse that was presented
>at a ride with saddle sores.  I saw in a post earlier from an XP rider -
>"There were a few saddle sores, and some other various ailments, that you
>will see at any mutedly ride." -  are these acceptable to continue the
>next day?
>
>I wasn't at the XP, nor did I see any of it - but I know at most rides I
>went to - a horse with an open saddle sore or other ailments would stop
>(by the rider or sometimes the ride management)  It seems like the riders
>at the XP all chose to look the other way?
>
>
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