>But, when a horse's performance reveals that finite point
where their ability to adapt, to tolerate, to withstand is reached...it is
reached.
> Recognizing the factors that define that point, especially
during endurance endeavors, can be difficult for a lot of folks.
Bingo. And any tools which help us to recognize that point prior to
reaching it are good tools.
> I appreciate Matthew's juxtaposition of ENDURANCE
QUALITY and ENDURANCE CAPACITY.
I like that differentiation as well.
>Do we need to continue trying to define
that point?....in my estimation, I think so.
> Are there small, but perhaps significant, procedural
methods we could employ at rides that might help?.....in my estimation, I think
so.
Yep.
> I still believe that the SYSTEM is not, and never
will be regardless of method, able to keep horses from suffering, from
dying.
> As competitive people, but still compassionate
people, we could help minimize the cost...and the ugliness it reveals about our
species.
Compassion and realism, all rolled into one. Personally, I think we
will get much further in diminishing the problem with compassionate reality than
we will with all the emoting in the world.
