Considering the amount of death and destruction
from thoroughbred racing, rodeo, 3-day eventing and, yes, sanctioned endurance
riding, is all this "outrage" perhaps a little overdone, if not badly misplaced?
I would think that the number of horses put down with broken legs in a year of
Horse and Hounding (which I presume is devoted to foxhunting) would
probably equal the worst that could come out of this Mongolian
once-off.
I'm wondering if there's some displacement going
on. I mean, aren't there people that rent horses to people they don't know just
to ride the Tevis?
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy
Stafford Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 12:43 PM To:
ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] mongol derby
supporters
If you're looking for a supporter of the derby to write your
anti-derby letters to, I'd suggest Horse and Hound magazine of the UK.
They have a blog of a dressage pony rider (Katy Willings I think is her name)
that is preparing for the derby, which to me, means they support
it.
when I first came across the blog, i thought it was cute and
have been reading it. Not knowing anything about the derby, I just assumed
it was set up similar to AERC or FEI endurance rides (naive me...). Now
that i know what I know, I'm a bit appalled that a publication like horse and
hound, and a rider who should know better, thinks it's a great adventure to be
pariticipating in the event.
