Someone, anyone, please prove to me these deaths are attributable to the
endurance competition. I have yet to see or hear of any such fatalities where
the death has been proven the result of competition. If our Vets are not saying
so, why is every one else? Do they know something the vets do not want known?
This
entire discussion has gone off on a tangent that makes no sense.
The
proper procedure is to document the problem, in this case fatalities, then
document the cause of the problem, why the fatalities occurred, then postulate
the solution to the problem. What is missing here is the middle section. No one,
and I mean NO ONE, has determined the cause of the fatalities to
be attributable directly to the sport. So with out a positive cause , how
can you do any more than hypothesize?
Bob
Bob Morris Morris Endurance Enterprises Boise, ID
-----Original Message----- From:
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[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Heidi
Smith Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 8:00 PM To: Truman
Prevatt Cc: Lucy Chaplin Trumbull;
ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] AERA
>When you have a low probability event
(such as a horse death) and the numbers doubles for two years over the long
term average in a row while the number of starts only goes up by a few
percent, that is a dead on sign that something might be amiss.
Truman, there were, what, 7 reported deaths last
year?
There were years 5, 10, 20 years ago when we had
5, 6, 7 or more deaths. And fewer starts. So please, tell me
where this outrageous increase is.
YES, I agree we need to do everything we can to
get the number as low as possible. But the reports that the sky is
falling are becoming reminiscent of Chicken Little.
