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From: Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> The WEC is a race - first and formost [sic].
I am fully aware of that.  Which is why I said that it is unreasonable to 
expect the prudence of riders to slow the horses down and that imprudent riders 
will either get away with it (and win) or kill their horses.

Put some rocks on the trail and it will encourage prudence in the riders; while 
those riders that are imprudent will make their horse foot sore and be pulled 
from the competition before they have a chance to kill the horse.  If there 
isn't something on the course to slow the horses down besides the prudence of 
the rider, then my bet is that horses will be dropping like flies.

> Don't fool yourself into thinking that the sand
> will not take it's toll an produce lame horses ?
> it will, especially those horses that have not
> trained in it.
I consider it a toss up whether sand will cause the horses of imprudent riders 
to go lame first or the heat will cause these horses to die first. Especially 
since working in sand, in addition to producing lameness also produces a lot of 
heat.  I guess it depends on how hot it is and how deep the sand is.

kat
Orange County, Calif.

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