--- Nancy Sturm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> We seem to have more horses hurt playing in the safest pastures I have ever seen than in any other way.<<
My friend's 3 day eventing horse broke it's leg in it's pasture at a trot. $8000 later, they had to put it to sleep because the same thing happend to him as happened to Barbaro. The broken leg was healing beautifully, but the horse foundered on the opposite leg. Never did any damage to itself on cross country courses, tho. And I don't think doing a 15 minute ice tolt is the same as allowing your child to play in the street. It would be more like allowing your child to ride a skateboard. And I would think the ice studs in the shoes would equate a helmet on the kid. Susan in NV read my blog to see why I ride my horse in pink: http://desertduty.blogspot.com/ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
