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Re: Re: [RC] Deaths - the list - Barbara McCraryMany years ago, a horse dropped dead on the Castle Rock trail, less than 25 miles into the race and coming down a hill at a walk. The rider pulled the tack and walked out. We went up, fetched the horse off the mountainous trail and had a vet do an autopsy at our expense. The horse had died of a ruptured artery in his lungs, quite possibly from earlier parasite damage. No one could blame that rider for "killing his horse" from over-riding. Witnesses said he absolutely was not riding too fast or hard. I agree that an autopsy of every horse that dies on an endurance ride would be a great thing, but many riders would choose not to pay for it. Any solutions offered? Let's see....how about AERC making it mandatory that the rider pay for an autopsy and for disposal of the horse's body and each ride manager involved in such an incident refunding the entry fee to the rider as partial compensation. Barbara McCrary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Clanin" <kclanin@xxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 11:01 AM Subject: Fwd: Re: [RC] Deaths - the list my husband and i sold a mare a few years ago, she just recently had surgery after strong treatment for colic did not stop her symptoms -- a fast trip to Alamo Pintado, exploratory surgery found a 5 lb fatty tumor that had twisted the gut. no way to know about this. this mare has done some limited distance rides, suppose she had this happen at a ride and died as a result? many would be thinking that there was mis-management on the part of the rider, unprepared, whatever........there may be other horses that have died at rides as a result of pre-existing conditions where no one had a clue. what about adding an autopsy to these deaths to rule out this type of situation? karen=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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