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Ditto!

and >>Never heard of a horse dying from tieing up or colic after a  
show.<<

And what mechanism would there be for you to hear about it?  There's  
no reporting to an HWC, or even a "trial by ridecamp" equivalent.   
I'd be surprised that there aren't more tie-ups with those stall-kept  
horses, asked for high intensity work for a relatively short period,  
and fed high quality feedstuffs.  And colic doesn't have to happen AT  
an event to be related to how a horse is fed/treated.

As I wrote to Richard in private, I saw quite a difference between  
the Calif Arab show scene and that in Arizona, where I photographed  
the specialty arenas last January and wandered through all the barns  
doing candids.  Very low key in AZ and good sportsmanship displayed.

Sorry, sorry, John.  I promise not to post again on this subject.   
Misinformation about our sport drives me nuts.

Lynne

On Aug 27, 2006, at 12:28 PM, rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> > It appears that many endurance people on this list tend to see in
> > black  and white-- they are the "good guys" and show people are the
> "bad
> > guys".  Rather humorous when I hear about all the IV's needed after a
> run.
>
> Betty, that doesn't sound like you. "All the IV's needed after a  
> run" is
> a pretty rough statement. It's usually the people who have never  
> been to
> a ride who assume it's the front runners who end up being treated on
> IV's.  As often as not it's a very concientious middle of the packer
> whose horse happened for some reason not to stay hydrated that day.
> Encouraging the stigma on what is a very expensive treatment that the
> owner pays for to make sure their horse is OK is just rubbing salt in
> their wounds.  If I were searching for an "abuse" case I wouldn't be
> looking at the treatment line so much as among the ignorant who don't
> know their saddle hurts the horse, the shoes hurt the horse, the  
> bit cuts
> the horse, etc. There are far fewer of those at endurance rides than
> anywhere else I"ve been.  I've never had a horse on IV's, but I know
> riders who are better than me, and more conservative than me, and darn
> near as poor as me, who have. It was rough on them.
>
> Angie

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