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I lost a beautiful endurance prospect, the only horse I ever had born
to a mare I owned and that I raised from a foal, as a two-year-old to
a twisted intestine.  We hadn't even begun riding him at all yet, only
some light ground work, and one day we found him dead in his pasture.
The autopsy showed a twisted intestine.

I've had people say that if a horse colics at an endurance ride, it
must be the fault of the stress of the ride -- and imply that the
rider is at fault.  I tell them the story of a mare who coliced at one
of my rides, and almost died, needing heroic efforts by the ride vets
to save her.  I ask them if it was something the rider could have
prevented.  Then I tell them that this horse never even had a saddle
on at the ride, she was a fit endurance horse that was brought there
(a short distance from home) to be available in case we needed to go
searching for a lost rider.  She coliced in camp.
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Joe Long
jlong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.chiprider.com

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