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FW: [RC] OUTRAGE - the Mongol Derby - Mike Sherrell

Mimi Busk-Downey of Crescent Moon Ranch in Alberta said with a wink that when bitted horses graze grass clots up around the bit, and eventually a wad of it comes loose and the horse inhales it and chokes to death. (This to dissuade novices from letting their horses graze and thereby lose dominance at the very beginning.
 
Regards,
 
Mike Sherrell
Grizzly Analytical (USA)
707 887 2919; fax = 707 887 9834
 

From: marybenstover [mailto:merryben@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 9:11 AM
To: mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Ridecamp
Subject: Re: [RC] OUTRAGE - the Mongol Derby

I noted the part about bits and thought that maybe it was because the horses can graze better without a bit.  Although I have not had that problem with my horses.  They could graze with an old time western spade bit in their mouths I think..............mb

 


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Sherrell" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 8:59:04 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: FW: [RC] OUTRAGE - the Mongol Derby

From the Long Riders' attack on the Mongol Derby, this putative quote from Genghis Khan:
 

“Take care of the horses before they lose condition. For once they have lost it, you may spare them as much as you will, they will never recover it on the march. Don’t overload the riding horses, and no horse on the march is to use a bit. If these orders are disobeyed commanders are authorized to behead offenders on the spot, so as to protect the welfare of the horses,” the great Khan warned.

 

Putting aside for the moment the question of the authenticity of the source, why would the world's greatest horseman find the use of the bit so heinous as to require the execution of the rider?

 

(Personally, I ride with a sidepull, but to my mind the benefits over the bit to the horse are not worth someone's head.)
 
Regards,
 
Mike Sherrell
Grizzly Analytical (USA)
707 887 2919; fax = 707 887 9834
 

From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Merri Melde
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 7:55 AM
To: ridecamp
Subject: [RC] OUTRAGE - the Mongol Derby

As an endurance rider, I am insulted and outraged by this event being associated in any way with endurance, riding, and horses. Here in the US, and all over Europe and Australia and New Zealand endurance most riders have as their first priority the care of their horses, as does the AERC and the AERA in Australia, and, presumably, most endurance organizations in Europe. This event does not.

Outrage story

And I'm not done with this yet.



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