Duncan Fletcher
dfletche@gte.net
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> From: JOltmann@FANCYPUBS.COM
> To: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: Cosequin is not a drug
> Date: Tuesday, December 03, 1996 4:09 PM
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> Cosequin is not a pharmaceutical, it is a neutraceutical. There is a big
> difference. Like Adequan and the popular chondroitin sulfate products
> (Flex Free, Grand Flex, etc..) these products simulate a product already
> produced by the horse's body. None of these products are the "banned
> drug" list. AERC would not be contradicting its stand on drug use by
> accepting Cosequin as a sponsor. I don't think that what the company
> manufactures should be an issue. Look at Ride and Tie, which has been
> sponsored by Levi's (which started the sport), Jeep Cherokee, a host of
> clothing and nutrition manufacturers, and now EasyCare. If it wasn't for
> EasyCare's generous contribution to the sport of ride and tie, along
> with the added incentive of prize money, the sport might be in dying
> mode. Thanks to this sponsorship and PRIZE MONEY, the sport is seeing a
> revitilazition (Thanks EasyCare). And before you bag on ride and tie,
> remember that many devoted endurance riders are also ride and tiers. The
> AERC isn't exactly living high on the hog. So before you condem
> sponsorships, consider what it might possibly bring in for our governing
> organization. Money is hard to come by these days, and these companies
> are offering to contribute something that we as individuals can not.
> It's much more of an issue than who it will add to the race, it's WHAT
> it will add to the sport.
> Jennifer Oltmann
> JOltmann@fancypubs.com