You're probably correct when you say that I need some real time with
endurance horses before jumping to delusions about what problems they face in
competition. I haven't the foggiest in that regard.
As far as the quack cures are concerned, though, we get a few passes of them
at the racetrack each year. Even have the occasional equine communicator drop
by. We exercise our horses poorly, feed them entirely incorrectly, compete
them to near-death, and then start actually spending money--on witch doctors.
Do you see why the word "morons" is right at the tip of my tongue?
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