Re: Northwest Endurance Rides

["Mary K. Krauss" <kraussberner@worldnet.att.net>]

Point 1) Horses kick each other sometimes.  If we were to follow your
logic, all horses who wear ribbons to warn that they've been known to kick
would be banned.  
Point 2) This horse you wish to blacklist was spoken for by other ride
managers who thought he was fine.  
Point 3) You are part of an organization ruled by a Board.  Be a good sport
and go along with their decision. They clearly thought about the case
carefully, and decided the banning was actually blacklisting. At some point
we all need to trust in the elected leadership whose job it is to hear and
consider ALL the details and to be impartial.  
Point 4) Ride managers can achieve their purposes quite easily without
blacklisting.  Point 5) Don't muddy the waters with liability red
herrings--such use of logical fallacies to terrify is not becoming to one
of your stature in this group.  

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> From: CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com
> To: llayman@neorx.com; ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: Re: Northwest Endurance Rides
> Date: Monday, October 12, 1998 10:31 AM
> 
> In a message dated 98-10-12 13:21:31 EDT, llayman@neorx.com writes:
> 
> <<  Are there ANY rides in the Northwest (especially Washington) that are

>       still going to be held in 1999?  It sounds like they're all being 
>       canceled. If any managers out there are planning on holding their 
>       rides, please let us know. We're all in a state of panic.
>       
>       Linda-Cathrine
>       Seattle, WA
>       Northwest Region >>
> 
> I would strongly urge you to contact the AERC Board of Directors and
express
> your feelings about the Board decision that has caused these managers to
> cancel.  A clarification of the rules MUST be made here, or else none of
us
> may be able to risk putting on rides in the future.  I, for one, thought
the
> rules were quite clear, and was distressed that the Board would
jeopardize the
> future of our sport by putting ride managers in such an untenable
position.
> If these ride managers CANNOT exclude a known dangerous horse, the
insurance
> carriers WILL pull coverage in the event of a serious injury caused by
such a
> horse on the premise that the manager is grossly negligent for allowing
the
> horse to compete, and is then liable for damages.  They have already said
as
> much.  Those of us continuing to put on rides in the face of the Board's
> decision are possibly risking everything we own. This is a VERY serious
issue,
> and it is a sad day for our sport when ride managers have had to go to
the
> extreme of cancelling their rides because of risk to themselves in order
to
> illustrate the consequences of the Board's action.  I hope the eight
directors
> who voted to deny the appealed protest will continue to work to get this
> decision overturned.
> 
> Heidi Smith, DVM