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RE: [RC] Slaughter/Breeding - heidiJohn, maybe I'm just in a really bad mood, having responded to this
thread this morning and then gone down to feed my broodmares only to
find that my older fillies in the next pasture up had rubbed
a gate open and gotten in with my mares and foals, and that in the
resulting melee, one of my really nice young broodmares had shattered a
foreleg. I came back in from sorting out that mess, putting down
the mare, and hauling off her carcass (oh, it's such FUN to breed
horses sometimes) to find your post.
If situations that pertain to breeders are not ENDURANCE
RELATED, then I'll eat my hat. And if endurance riders
haven't yet figured that out (or list owners and moderators, for that
matter), well, then, dang it--they should "know better."
I know it's your list, and if you don't want any discussion about the
circumstances of those people who raise the horses that you will ride in
the future (and whose efforts are largely responsible for roughly a
third of the capability of the horses that you ride), that's certainly
your perogative. But if that's the case, then this sure
isn't a list that holds much relevance to THIS endurance rider, who
also happens to breed horses to sell to OTHER endurance riders.
"Know better," indeed.
Heidi (back out to the heartbreaking task of catching a
three-month-old orphan foal that with any luck, will still grow up to
be an endurance horse, even though her mommy will never have that
chance now)
It's important to note that the ride camp forum does provide a huge avenue for communcation ... about ENDURANCE!
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