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Hi Truman,

Since you are normally such an even, fair-minded poster to Ridecamp, I know 
I must not be understanding your post correctly.

The first paragraph sounds like you are saying that since the rider took
her horse over a jump and since the horse didn't have a say, and because
some riders go for the highest jump, tough kid... it's your fault.  That
sounds pretty harsh, unlike you.

Because you are responding to a post about a jumping accident and because
you have blamed the girl for her horse's death in the first paragraph, the
inescapable conclusion to be drawn from your second paragraph is that
jumping is one of those sports that "eats horses".  While I sure don't have
any stats, I would find it hard to believe that Novice Jumpers have more
deaths per round than Endurance horses do per start.  I am assuming that
Julie's post was intended to show that even in a very safe venue, Novice
Jumping, deaths can happen.

Since I must have misunderstood you, maybe others did too.  Could you
rephrase?

Kindly, Diane


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