Re: RC: Limited Distance

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/9/99 8:27:40 PM Pacific Standard Time,
karen@chaton.gardnerville.nv.us writes:

<< And that is in the best interest of the horses.  Believe it or not, a group
 of people with a fair amount of intelligence set up AERC.  And those people 
 did not consider 25 miles to be an endurance ride. >>

Actually, when AERC first started, 25's WERE sanctioned as endurance rides.
We soon discovered that the short rides when run as races (yes, we saw times
just over an hour for some) had far more treatments and fatalities than the
50's and up.  THAT was why the lower limit for endurance rides was set at 50.

Heidi Smith, DVM--Sagehill Arabians (Oregon)


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