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Jessica,
  What you say is true about the strict vetting at FEI rides.  But please 
look at the treatment rates some of WEC rides. Horses do get into trouble. 
Even with strict vetting at these events, horses do need treatment.  Strict 
vetting will not make up for riders that take their horses over the edge 
between vet checks.  Rider responsibility should come first.   That goes for 
FEI events as well as AERC events.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jessica Cameron" <jjcameron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] 2008 WEC Malaysia


> I think if you look at the times from the rides that have been done in 
> Malaysia before, you will find that they are very conservative and the pull 
> rate was quite high.  In order for Malaysia to have a rider in the WEC this 
> last year, they had to qualify outside the country because, it isn't 
> possible to finish a 160km in under 13:20.
>
> Also, have you ever had your horse vetted as an FEI horse?  From observing 
> the vetting at Fort Howes and listening to other FEI riders, those vets 
> are all over those horses and will not allow a horse that is even showing 
> the slightest bit of metabolic issues continue and if your horse makes one 
> wrong step on the trot out, you're done.  So please give the riders and 
> horses at that calliber and the vets some credit.
>
> Jessica in MT
>
>
> > From: k s swigart <katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reply-To: k s swigart <katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: Ridecamp <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: [RC]   2008 WEC Malaysia
> > Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 12:57:50 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
> >
> > 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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