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Re: [RC] [RC] Ft. Valley: Let em' race! - Truman PrevattI'm not sure that was John's point at all. Any rider can assume all his own risk and is free to do so. But when that risk spills over to someone else - especially someone else not involved in the event then he has responsibility for his actions be it driving a car or driving a horse.I believe that was what the MT protest found. While pratically this may not be an issue in remote areas with few trail users that are not part of a ride or on private land, it is an issue in those areas where there are multiple trail users on the trail. This is the way I read John's post. I cannot comments of the specifics of his observation other than that if they are running the trails at Ft. Valley the way they normally run it the danger is probably minimal since you can see what is coming for quite a way - but that fact does not remove the responsibility of riders to ride in such a way as not to endanger others. We endurance riders don't own the trails when we are sharing them with other legitimate trails users on public lands. We had an accident at a SE ride some years back where a 10 year old boy's horse died and the boy was injured when some endurance riders passed and his horse took off and he didn't have the strength or experience to stop the horse. The horse dumped the boy and ran through the woods hitting a tree and killing itself. Guess who's insurance paid for the horse without one whimper. When we ride on public trails that are shared with other users we have the added responsibility to ride in such a manner that we do not endanger other users. If we don't we may just find ourselves not being able to use those trails in the future for endurance rides. Truman Heidi Smith wrote: Riders assume risks at the race track, going over fences, and even doing walk-trot-canter classes in the arena--went to a horse show last month and one girl got shook up pretty bad when she came off her horse in the arena sand at a canter. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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