Re: Re: Barefoot

[Tracey Ritter <tracey_ritter@yahoo.com>]

Karen,

You got me there - I wasn't at either ride.  She had someone else who 
was at the Sunland ride corroborate her version of the Sunland 50, 
and the pictures she provided of her horse's hooves (post ride) 
looked good.  She also wrote me of similar success at the last ride 
(I forgot which one it was), and I had no reason to doubt her.  I'll 
check into this and dig for the information on her horse at that 
ride, and I do greatly appreciate the "heads-up" about how you felt 
she and her horse finished.   I don't want to wrongly advocate 
ANYONE's mistakes, as only facts matter to me - hey, I'm a Science 
Girl at heart!  Numbers, facts, tangible evidence - that's all I (or 
anyone) can work with.  If she indeed finish the Sunland 50 barefoot 
and without any problems, let's at least recognize that (I haven't 
heard anything to contrary on that one).  After all, that was a 
toughie by seemingly everyone's input who was there.   If she 
attempted the next ride without giving enough time for her horse to 
recouperate, then I'm sure that was a good lesson for her or anyone 
tracking this to learn.  Live and learn, and live and learn some 
more.  Let's try to keep the sarcasm down (HELLO?!?!), as I was not 
disrespectful in tone or spirit to anyone when I replied, and keep 
into consideration the spirit of the debate that I'm trying to 
maintain.  

Thanks again,

Tracey Ritter
Portland, OR

On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 12:27:15 -0800, Karen wrote:
>At 12:27 PM 11/28/2001 -0700, Tracey Ritter wrote:
>>(not just a dinky LD ride) and another 50 the weekend after that
>>barefoot with her horse in excellent condition.  Luck?!
>>Coincidence?! An anomaly unlikely to be duplicated?  I think not.
>
>HELLO?!?!?  Have you not been paying attention?  Her horse did not
>finish
>the last ride in excellent condition.  It wasn't even sound.  It
>looked
>liked it was foundering later.  I can't say that I have ever seen a
>horse
>looking more abused at an endurance ride before.  I really hope that
>nobody
>else out there on ridecamp is actually believing all the lies and BS
>that
>she posted.   Good grief.  Let's hope that stuff like that doesn't
>get
>duplicated, it's cruel and inhumane to allow a horse to suffer like
>that
>one did just to prove a point.
>
>Karen, who was there
>


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Tracey Ritter, tracey_ritter@yahoo.com on 11/28/2001