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On the other hand the rider chose for herself to make that jump. She 
made the choice - she paid the price. The horse didn't have a say. The 
horse is an unwitting partner in our activities. Just because a rider in 
any discipline choses to play macho, jump the highest jump, run the 
fastest mile do a "tough" endurance ride, etc. doesn't mean it is in the 
best interest of the horse to do so.

This is what I think separates endurance riding from many of the equine 
sports that "eat horses" is the AERC recognizes that and has provisions 
in place to protect the horse from ourselves. If the AERC ever loses 
site of that I suspect there are many people that will no longer be 
interested.

Truman

Julie Gelderman wrote:
> */This past weekend at the 3-Day Event at Rebecca Farm in Montana a 
> Junior Novice horse fell at a jump and died, probably of a broken 
> neck.  Very sad, but true.  Is it the rider's fault for jumping the 
> jump which they have trained for...absolutely not.  Nothing is certain 
> in life, we do our best and live our lives.  /*
>  
> */Julie/*


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