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A ride with one equine fatality is rare and the probability of this 
happening is small but given a large enough ride it could happen as a 
random event. I'm not sure I've ever heard of a ride with two equine 
fatalities. Given the AERC fatality rate - it is a very small 
probability it would happen at random.

For two equine fatalities to happen at a small ride - one would hope 
there is a serious effort by the Horse Welfare Committee and the AERC 
BOD to determine in an orderly manner what happened and determine if 
there were things that could have been done to have reduced the risk to 
the horses.

Two horses dying at a single endurance ride is unimaginable and if 
something could have been done differently that could have prevented it 
that wasn't - unconscionable.

Truman

Steph Teeter wrote:
> Regarding the horse fatalities. I was only aware of one, that was the 
> 50 miler horse that died from a twisted gut. Tragic, but not 
> necessarily due to poor vetting or over-riding. The other fatality I 
> hadn't heard of.
> I think this is a ride worth continuing, worth promoting, worth improving.
> Steph

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