> These types of studies where they set out to prove that it is "safe" > really irk me. You can take assumptions and make data fit to get your > point. Note that they use the word 'humane' instead of safe or good > for the horse. The last line says an awful lot too. 'The horse is > fragile' - so don't put them in such a high risk situation. Racing > and eventing would never be considered humane enough to be allowed to > occur if it were starting now. Too much money, power and history to > put a stop to it now. Kind of like insurance companies. We let them > become way too rich and powerful to think that we could ever to go a > health system without it.
My thought was that the study was confined to the cannon bone... what about the horse's back? Judy http://iceryder.net http://clickryder.com
