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Re: [RC] Prineville-another perspective - Susan, Princess of Pink

Mustang owners and fans:  PLEASE do not flame me for what I'm about to say.  I've owned mustangs, have worked with them, respect them and love them.  I'm not about to trash every mustang that ever walked this earth nor am I about to trash stallions.
 
Diane, you bring up a good point and you're spot on about the DQ.  Don't miss the part that the stallion was a mustang only five months off the range.  I don't know how many generations of this horse's ansestors were in the wild and that can make a difference to his "domestication".  From all accounts, this was an accident waiting to happen. 
 
We work on our horses to get them ready for competition.  We try our best to ensure the safety of all living things involved.  We check our tack etc...  However, we are the brains of the partnership.  WE are the ones who HAVE to know if our horses and their riders are ready for THAT ride THAT day.  Stuff happens but we have to use common sense to minimize that stuff that can happen.
 
Diane Trefethen <tref@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Mary Carroll wrote:
> I am the one with the punctured lung and broken leg. I saw what
> happened in the first part of the 25. I didn't see the horse with the
> saddle under his belly, but heard that happened. What I *did* see was a
> BLM stallion (5 months off the range) gallop past us on the rocky road
> before the single track.

 

If I understand this, there was a stallion at the ride who either ran away and
then tried to attack another horse or was galloped by his rider and then tried to
attack another horse. IF either scenario is correct, the offending horse/rider
should have been DQ'd.



Susan [Young], The Princess of Pink
Semper Obliquo (Always aside)

Glenndale Grace Farm, Ft Gibson, Oklahoma U.S.A.

"Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race!" - Charles Dickens (1812-1870)