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Re: [RC] Horse Welfare - Heidi Smith

For those who lack the time
to read the documents, the conclusion is to get the condition score of the
horse to 5.0 or slightly above - meaning that, at the least, there should

be

a thin but real layer of fat over the horse's ribs ("ribs cannot be seen

but

are easily felt").


Thank you, Tom, for bringing that up.  I do think overall condition scores
have improved over the last quarter of a century at rides, but sometimes it
is easy to take it for granted that people understand this.  When those
condition scores go down, you really have to watch those horses a lot more
carefully.

Heidi


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