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Perhaps someone with first hand knowledge should give us all a real account 
of this.........  this is not a good situation for anything endurance 
related.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jannelle Wilde & Adam Falk" <mfarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jlong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "'Ridecamp (E-mail)'" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 10:02 PM
Subject: RE: [RC] [Endurance Tracks] Great Santa Fe Horse Race: Injured 
horseriders airlifted t...


Oh, I think I was misinterpreted.  I was simply extrapolating from what the
article didn't and did say.  I thought it was odd that the article didn't
mention that the horses were killed...I mean even a non-horse person would
probably be curious.

As for going to fast, all I meant was that they were going too fast to stop
before the road.  And yes, that is a ride management issues. I had no
intention of pointing fingers.  It is just a terrible tragedy from all
aspects.

Go have a glass of wine and relax Joe.

Jannelle, back to lurking


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-
> owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Long
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 7:30 PM
> To: Ridecamp (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: [RC] [Endurance Tracks] Great Santa Fe Horse Race: Injured
> horseriders airlifted t...
>
> Jannelle Wilde & Adam Falk wrote:
> > So it kinda sounds like they were going fast to the finish?  Hard to
> > tell.and NOT ONE word about the horses!
>
> There is no such thing as "going too fast to the finish."  Endurance
> rides are also races, and it is common for two or more riders to sprint
> flat-out to the finish line as fast as they can.  I've done it many
> times over the years.
>
> It is essential at rides to have a safe finish area, including a long
> enough runout after the finish line to allow sprinting horses room to
> stop safely.  I do not know the details of what happened here, so I am
> not blaming ride management.  I'm just pointing out that some  riders
> will, properly, race to a finish line as fast as they can and they
> should not be blamed or criticized for doing that.
>
> As to no word about the horses, the article was quoted  from a local
> newspaper.  Sadly, both horses needed to be put down, and I hear that
> the driver of the car is in critical condition.  This is a terrible
> tragedy, and no time to be pointing fingers or assigning blame.  All of
> those involved need to be in our prayers.
>
>
> --
> Joe Long
> jlong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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