[mkevent]

I just wanted to say how much I have appreciated your input in the eventing safety threads. Your posts have been very well thought out and informative.

I don’t know why Winding Down has become so antagonistic about everything. Don’t take it personally.

[SJ172]

Hi, I apologize for interrupting but since this is a visitor message, I know you want people to read it. I have known Ann Baumgardner for many years and if you look at other visitor messages, you will see that Kelly contacted halt and tried to spread patently false and derogatory rumors about her previous posts. She was met with opposition even thought halt had previously disagreed with Anne and called her out on some of her posts. There is a cluster of people on COTH who have driven away many intelligent and involved people in our sport. I am sure that Ann will be forced to move on by these select persons but she does a lot of philanthropic work in her community and church and she is a brilliant clinician and a talented horsewoman. I am sure that this visitor message was posted in an effort to upset Anne but she is taking a break and looking into other ways to communicate with those who respect others who may not take the same opinions as they do. I was on COTH a few years ago and then left due to the sort of conniving and nastiness that has come about. I hope that the CI forum will reopen so that at least some of these people will be siphoned off.