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Re: [RC] [RC] Biting Horse at Ride - GenevieveYou're comparing apples to oranges here. Skiing isn't horses. You can't just pick up the ski course and put it out of the way of people where they can't get to it. All you can do is fence it off and hope they don't find a way in. But you CAN keep a dangerous horse at home.Did you even put up a fence? Was it electric? Did it have barbed wired on it? Or was the course just roped off? Did you take every measure possible to help prevent accidents? If not, I'd say it was your fault. (BTW, I'm not accusing, I know next to nothing about the skiing incidents you've had to deal with, I'm just using this as an example) The mare's owner could have left the horse at home until she was safe enough to have around people but instead she took her out where she knew there was going to be a bunch of people and other horses that may or may not heed her warnings. It's YOUR animal. If you are negligent with preventative measures, YOU take responsibility. It's difficult to tell exactly where to draw the line as far as whether or not someone took every precaution possible, but that's why we have judges. :) Still, in this situation I think it's obvious that the mare's owner could have done a much better job at prevention. Like someone said, there's a big difference between, "Watch out, my horse bites" and, "Watch out, my horse may lunge and attack you". I would say that after hearing that a horse bites, simply keeping a fair distance away and putting yourself in between the two horses is a fair response to that warning. On Jan 28, 2008 3:48 PM, Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Boy this is one of my sore points. I spent three years on the National -- Genevieve
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