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[RC] Bad Appple Award?/ Adios research - Laurie Durgin

thanks Shelley. I think I will personally; and Wonder if it wouldn't be a good idea to 'require' new horses's /riders? in the sport to not leave the 1st vet check or any ? for that matter if their horses's aren't eating or drinking? -----OR at least WARN new riders/horses to not leave the checks if their horses have not eaten/drunk. (I am ducking any flames from experienced riders---but alot of new people seem to just 'go try it' with very little endurance knowledge. I like the idea of new riders hving restrictions for the first few rides / or year. To protect the "unconditioned','unaware rider's horse".
Seems the two problems are: ignorant riders,and 'bad apples' as mentioned by another poster. Maybe a national "bad apple " award,(ooh, smoke> > >

Shelley Bridges shelleybridges@xxxxxxx
Dear Ridecamp,

I am a concerned rider, who would like to add a few insights into this latest "research " on horse's deaths.>
There are 2 things I would like to stress to some of the newer endurance riders, who seem puzzled by the latest stories on the ridecamp.
1) Horses have "insincts" that we speak about all the time. Remember the "herding instinct" that makes the horse want to run and keep up with the front runners?
The "fight or flight instinct"?
Here is another instinct we sometimes forget about.: Horses do not always show when they do not feel well. Their instinct is to not show the predators that they are sick or they would quickly become PREY.
This means that on an endurance ride, horses are not always going to show you something is wrong until very late in the game. A subtle change would be something like NOT EATING in the first vet check or not drinking.

2) We are ultimately responsible for our horse's wellfare. We can not lay blame on the veternarians, who are there to help us. We put our horses in the situation in the first place! If we start to blame the vets for the loss of our horses, then we will end up with vets who will be too scared to help treat our horses. Think about it?


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