I'm butting in here - horses have died on these CTR rides? Why on earth? I think a couple of horses have been injured on endurance rides that we have been to, but from falls. The vets pull any horse that's iffy, and the riders pull if the horse even looks off.
Yes, I have been at several rides where horses died. One I'm not sure what happened, the horse got sick thru the night, was taken to the vet and died there. I really never heard anything else.
The other horse I did hear a few details, the mare was pregnant, not in shape and taken to a competition at Ark. The hardest ride in the region IMO. She also was taken to a vet during the night and died there.
Becky
Do you ever hear of horses colicing, or tieing up after the ride is over. That has happened at a lot of the rides I've been too. Horses going down a few hours after the ride is completed, sometimes even after the first day.
Becky