Bravo! Congratulations on a great ride
and thank you for the specifics on vet treatments. I always file those
away for future reference (somewhere in my head…)
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Behalf Of Greenall Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 5:15
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Our last horse finished at 2:54AM and with all good intentions was
going going to post the results but I almost fell asleep in the hot tub and
since I figured most of you were also in bed, it could wait until morning. I
would love to get someone to do just the postings, but the volunteers are so
intent on the race it is hard to break them away. Anyone who wants to do this
next year, holler!
we treated two horses and both are fine. Both will be one of those
stories told around the campfire at rides in the future. Doug Liezke's horse
was 4 miles out from Hold#2 (and looked great) and 100 yards from a pit crew
stop (and looked great) when he dismounted to tail up Agony Hill (you think you
Tevis riders have names for your hills!) and the horse threw himself on the
ground! Doug had some difficulty getting him back to the pit crew stop but the
horse improved enough to jog and he looked pretty good. Doug was stumped but
wisely withdrew from the ride and trailered in. The treating vet drew blood
which hopefully will show the reason.
John Cradall's horse was in the first group of 100's who were riding
conservatively despite the great weather and footing. At Hold#3 he pulled with
an elevated pulse and showed signs of gut pain. But he stumped the treatment
vet until he did a rectal exam and found the spleen in a different place than
where it was intended. Some good vet work produced the desired result and the
horse was back resting in camp before dark.
