Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Wine Country/Gastroguard

> Has any one ever considered that ulcers are a way for
> natural selection of more fit animals. Those with ulcers are
> less likely to reproduce and less likely to live an extended
> life. This abbreviated, less reproductive life means a lower
> number of susceptible foals and a stronger genetic base.
>
> Then along comes the human desire that equates everything to
> a lower norm and screws up the entire system.
>
> Endurance must be drug free and unhealthy animals not
> allowed into competition.

God forbid, I agree with Bob Morris.  <g>  This is the flip side of the
genetic equation (how selection works in nature), and for our sport, I still
maintain that it behooves us to be selective in the same manner that nature
is selective, if for no other reason than we are asking the horse to be a
survivor.

Heidi


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