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Rather than looking at the many hypothesis being put forth,
it might be worthwhile looking at exactly what the
physiological make of the horse lends itself to as far as
competition events. 

Consider the normal, not competitive life of the horse in
its, as far as we know, natural state. It exists for the
instant, eats, moves on eats, moves on and in a few
instances runs at a rapid state for a short distance to
elude predators. AT NO TIME, IN ITS NATURAL STATE, DOES THE
HORSE TRAVEL AT EXTENDED SPEEDS FOR LONG DISTANCES! 

This is very important to consider. 

We then come along and "refine" the state of existence for
the horse. We drastically alter the life cycle of the horse.
We seriously interrupt the survival of the fittest cycle. We
completely change the feeding habits and the foodstuffs. We
confine the animal for extended periods of time. We then ask
the horse to perform in a manner completely unnatural to its
nature.

AND WE WONDER WHY WE HAVE PHYSIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS! 

I ask one, and only one, question. Which is most important,
the horse's welfare or the humans ego?

Bob 

Bob Morris
Morris Endurance Enterprises
Boise, ID 

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Kat et al:

I read the line in one of your posts "The machine that was
on site didn't test Na, Cl, or K" and I thought about
hyponatremia (abnormally low
sodium) which has been a topic on the ultrarunning newslist.
Perhaps you might want to check out a very good summary at:

  http://www.ultrunr.com/hyponatremia.html


Best Regards,

Tom Noll
SW Idaho



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