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[RC] what's the point... - John & Sue GreenallBe careful in making judgements when one does not know all of the facts. Throwing water on the horse in Vermont did not cause her death. The water was air temp and the horse had a temerature of 106 degrees and a knowledgable vet was in attendence Unfortunately, her circulatory system had pretty much shut down so any attempt to cool her was in vain. BTW, the rider DID stop and rest the horse and walked her 3 miles into the hold. Bob wrote: "Until we can get the vets to so indicate that death is attributable to the competition we will be shouting in the wind" Vets (and rides) are getting sued for these deaths (don't get me started on that one) so we may never see those words uttered. And do we really WANT to open that can of worms, rather we should recognize what COULD happen to our sport and try to fix it. "The fact that you know your horse's capabilities is incidental, they need the stop so the vet can tell them what is going on with their horse. So, you have to stop also, even though you know fully what the condition of your horse is. It is not fair that you might do better than the rest, so the "leveling of the playing field" is cried out. Oh come on...AERC has plenty of "rules" that were put into effect to protect the horse so what does this have to do with "leveling the playing field". Having more holds actually FAVORS the fit horse because they pulse through faster. John and Sue Greenall mailto:greenall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.vermontel.com/~greenall =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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