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I was a groom at the Atlanta Olympics....the horses were very well taken care of...amazingly well and it was televised as well as videotaped. You can buy a copy at Dover Saddlery. I own one and watch it all the time! I was an eventer high level I have seen one death on course of a horse in cross country heart attack over the last jump and show management did a full inquiry as did the ruling body for eventing as to horses shape, conditioning, training ect. I am sure the same was done here. Everyone loves their horses and children. Sorry this is late...I have been behind...horse sick with a mystery illness and me and vets are at the end of our ropes!! My promising four year old no less who may event or do endurance if we can figure this out!!

Cheers

Juli Jakub

The Air of Heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears.

~ arabian proverb

>During the 1992 Olympics many around the world were appalled by the
>poor condition of the weaving, stumbling eventing horse shown on
>world wide television after his run of the cross country course.
>This resulted in social pressure which led to political pressure to
>better regulate high level eventing. This is how a civilized culture
>works. In the Atlanta Olympics you saw two things, no television
>coverage of the equine events so such and image would not be seen
>again and more concern for what the horses were being asked to do.
>In 1992 the courses were getting to the point that the were
>dangerous to the horse and rider. That was modulated by the raising
>of the social conscience that said that is unacceptable.
>
>Do I feel compassion for a person that may have lost a horse to in
>an equine sport - sure I do, but that compassion is tempered by the
>fact that when a person promotes a horse in an equine event it is
>the person's choice not the horse's choice. The person takes on a
>responsibility - IMO - for the proper stewartship of that horse.
>When that person does not exercise that stewardship for whatever
>reason, money, ego, etc. - that that persons has failed the horse
>and all the other riders in that sport that do properly exercise
>thier stewardship to their equine partners. When an organization
>(AERC, USEA, etc.) sanctions an event they also take on a
>responsibility to insure that the event does not put the equines at
>undue risk. The USEA does not have to sanction every eventing meet
>that takes place and the AERC does not have to sanction every
>endurance ride that takes place. In sanctioning such events they are
>"certifying" that certain standards will be met by that event.
>
>My view is quite simple, a dead horse in any equine sanctioned event
>- swans an investigation into the reasons why by a minimum the
>sanctioning body. If it is found that there is an unacceptable level
>of risk to the equines that was a contributing factor in the death,
>then actions should be taken to mitigate the risk in future events.
>In my opinion to not do so is irresponsible.
>
>Don't get me wrong if Billy Bob and Jimmy Joe what to go put up an 8
>foot jump, lay down 100 buck to be collected by who's horse can
>clear it, throw down a case of beer each to get up the nerve and go
>for it - that's their right to do so. However, it is also the right
>of the citizens to become outraged if one or both horses die and
>petition their government to put restrictions on such behavior.
>
>But for the USEA to sanction such an event (which I am sure they
>would not) would be totally inappropriate ind irresponsible and it
>would be up to us the citizens to petition our Government to address
>it if they would not respond to social pressure.
>
>So you can pound on me all you want , call me whatever you want,
>accuse me of being "over the top," etc., for expressing my opinion.
>That is your right. However, it is also my right to have such an
>opinion and express such. At some point during social discourse
>diverse opinions meld into a social conscience that is the
>foundation of our civilization.
>
>Cheers
>Truman
>
>Diane Trefethen wrote:
>>Okay... am I the only one on Ridecamp who feels Truman has stepped
>>completely outside the bounds of common decency? I consider it
>>obscene that he would say it is worse for a horse to break its neck
>>on a jump than for a child to do so.
>>
>>
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>--
>
>?With or without religion, you would have good people doing good
>things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do
>evil things, that takes religion.? Steven Weinberg ? Nobel Laureate,
>Physics
>
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