 |
RE: [RC] rules and protecting the horse - Bob MorrisDavid: You stated <<<I also think that horse death is too rare to be a useful measure. You could study endurance-related horse death for 5 years before you got a big enough sample to be significant. Metabolic pulls are more common, and measures taken to reduce metabolic pulls, and especially metabolic pulls that require treatment will help reduce preventable horse deaths.>>> With metabolic pulls amounting to about 2% of the riders entered in endurance competition, the number is still not every large for analysis. The greater problem is that we seldom, if ever, have knowledge of the extent of that metabolic problem. It could be ranging from the simply did not want to eat or drink to the total collapse of the horse. The details for classification are missing. I have proposed a mandatory 30 day rest for any horse that experiences a metabolic pull. But riders protest that as to strict. "what about my horse that just would not come down to pulse criteria?" "It was OK the next day, why would I need to rest it for 30 days?" Well, we have to draw the line some place. The competitive venue, the ride site is not the time or place to perform a full work up on the horse. So, what do we do? We cannot intelligently asses the status of the sport with out knowledge of the problems. We cannot get this knowledge with out detail. We cannot get this detain unless the riders, the Ride Managers and the Vets co-operate in supplying it. A breakdown in any one of these entities and the entire set is not valid. Your Suggestions? Bob Bob Morris Morris Endurance Enterprises Boise, ID -----Original Message----- From: David LeBlanc [mailto:dleblanc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 10:18 AM To: 'Bob Morris'; steph@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [RC] rules and protecting the horse =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
|