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Can we all please keep in mind that horses are unpredictable. No matter how well trained they are.

Mike Sherrell <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  Anybody whose horse is so upset by the sudden appearance of another horse
> moving at any speed, even a gallop, that it shies, dumps its rider, runs
> away and kills itself, should not be riding in a public park unless they are
> willing to take that chance. In public parks there are bicyclists going
> fast, deer bolting across the trail, birds, some big like turkeys and
> pheasants, exploding out of the brush, jogging moms pushing strollers, plus
> all the one of a kind weird scary stuff we've all come across.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Sherrell
> Grizzly Analytical
> 707 887 2919; fax 707 887 9834
> www.grizzlyanalytical.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
>  ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of k s swigart
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 8:59 AM
> To: Ridecamp
> Subject: [RC] Sued for Speed
>
>
> Around here there ARE speed limits on many of the trails.  They are
> mostly put in place to keep the bicycle speeds down, but they apply to
> all users.
>
> However, whether there are speed limits or not, we as trail users should
> be prudent in the way we approach blind corners (or rises) where we
> cannot see what may be coming the other way or may be on the trail ahead
> of us.
>
> This person was lucky that is was only a horse that died.  Imagine the
> consequences if it had been a person. Babies in strollers are also trail
> users around here.
>
> I don't "truck down the trail" when I cannot see the trail to know that
> I am not going to run over or run into something.
>
> Personally, if I were a park ranger of a park that had lots of
>  pleasure
> trail hikers and riders, I wouldn't allow an endurance ride to be held
> there (I wouldn't allow a bike race to be held there either), unless it
> were such a big park that the two sets of users were unlikely to be
> constantly encountering each other (e.g. I could, in essence, close some
> of the trails to the general public without generating complaint).
>
> kat
> Orange County, Calif.
> :)
>
>
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