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Probably because no one can tell for sure if a horse died a bizarre death 
even though not being over-ridden, or whether a horse died as a direct 
result of being over-ridden.  It isn't always that cut and dried.  There was 
the instance on one of our rides when Smokey Killen's horse dropped dead 
right out from under him while walking down a hill.  We had an autopsy done 
on the horse to determine the cause of death, and it was stated that the 
horse died of a aneurism of an artery in his lung.  Our daughter had been 
riding with Smokey for many miles, and she attested to the fact that he had 
not been riding hard at all.  Sometimes things just happen.  So how do you 
penalize a rider if his horse dies on the trail.  Who is so infallible that 
they can positively state the rider "rode his horse to death?"  Sounds to me 
like a "witch hunt."

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Holland" <lanconn@xxxxxxx>
To: "'Ridecamp'" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 4:59 PM
Subject: RE: [RC] re: ROC 1987-musings


a. For example, AERC still doesn't penalize a rider for "riding
their horse to death". JMHO.

Jim, Sun of Dimanche+, and Mahada Magic






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