Re: Re: Accident at ride this weekend in Montana...???

["GESA BRINKS" <gesaeqfx@pe.net>]

Frank,  You brought up a few psuedorealistic points.  First off, you are
right,  what in the heck were 25 milers doing racing in anyway?  In PS
region LD is not a race.  Im pretty sure LD is viewed that way throughout
all of the regions.  Secondly you stated that the riders should have been
able to stop their horses, that the riders needed to train their horses
better.    I showed horses for years.  I showed in reining too.  I also
galloped horses for a training track.  One of the stallions that I galloped
had been a reining horse.  When a horse is in a controlled environment , ie.
an arena,  there is no other horse choosing him off and racing against him.
The stallion I rode was a winner in reining, yet when I galloped him in
company, especially when we were breezing them,  there was no way in hell I
could bring him to an abrupt stop.   The horses also, get caught up in the
heat of the competition.  To be pulled to a complete stop is not an easy
thing  for that horse to do.  Those horses that were involved in that awful
accident may have in fact been extremely well trained.  The riders "maybe"
were trying to rein them in.   The riders used bad judgement
and unfortunately someone had to suffer for it.  I think we can bet that
these two riders have learned a huge lesson.   It still was an accident.
                  gesa n clovis
-----Original Message-----
From: DVeritas@aol.com <DVeritas@aol.com>
To: steenhof@cyberhighway.net <steenhof@cyberhighway.net>
Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Monday, September 20, 1999 5:16 PM
Subject: RC: Re: Accident at ride this weekend in Montana...???


>In a message dated 20-Sep-99 17:13:39 Mountain Daylight Time,
>steenhof@cyberhighway.net writes:
>
>>  They were
>>  racing to the finish and it was difficult for them to stop their horses,
>>  going full speed.
>
>Terribly unfortunate accident.
>But, I don't care if there was an unexpected "obstacle", those riders
should
>have MUCH better control of their horses in that particular environment.
>WHOA from a gallop is no different than having the ability to lift one's
foot
>from the accelerator to the brake pedal.  It must be taught and retained.
>    Or maybe next time the rider will be the one to pay the price for that
>particular lesson unlearned.
>    We all jump up on our soapboxes and talk about HELMETS (and should),
but
>some of us forget the basic training required to make horses safe to be
>around and to make the endurance environment safe for the horses to be
around
>as well.
>    Racing to the finish, even IF for first place, should only be attempted
>by trained riders, on trained horses.
>    The damn sport is inherently dangerous enough as it is.
>
>Frank.
>
>
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