Re: Re: Re: Long Slow Distance

["superpat" <superpat@ccountry.net>]

As usual, Susan,
You say so much, so succinctly, and humanely and still manage to cram your
messages with a whole parcel of good sense. Thanks!
Pat
----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Garlinghouse" <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 11:39 AM
Subject: RC: Re: Re: Long Slow Distance


> JMO, since I don't know everything that happened or what the young horse's
> background was, I can't automatically condemn the guy as a total imbecile.
> It sounds like he was working pretty hard to try to do what he could for
his
> horse.
>
> However, I'd be curious to know what his motivations were in trying to do
so
> much in one week with a new horse.  And, although the horse may have been
> chasing around his pen looking grat, I'm a little doubtful that some
damage
> wasn't done.  If there truly *wasn't* any damage, that doesn't mean there
> won't be damage if he did the same thing again a month down the road.
> Stress is a cumulative thing on the entire system (bones, tendons, muscle,
> visceral organs, immune system, everything), and it sure would be a shame
> for what sounds like an outstanding *potential* endurance horse to have a
> short career due to too much, too soon.  I just don't see any reason to
have
> done so much in one week.
>
> It sounds like the rider has the horse's well-being at heart, maybe he
just
> doesn't fully understand the difference between what a horse can do and
what
> he *should* do.
>
> Maybe we can focus on education instead of condemnation, eh?  It'll
probably
> do the horse more good in the long run and that's what matters, right?
>
> JMO.
>
> Susan G
>
>
>
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