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scheduled to host pony races at its 1988 spring point-to-point. "We're going to try to have them unless we have trouble with our insurance. In my opinion, when you get on a horse you are taking the risk yourself. But I guess it is a suing society.
"We pay a premium of $4,000 a year for insurance and that really cuts into our budget. But to protect everyone, we choose to have the insurance."
After what he estimates was 25 years of pony racing at the Fairfax Point-to-Point races, chairman Randolph Rouse decided to exclude them from the card this year. He's not happy with that decision.
"Basically it's the fact that the world has become so litigious. There's no way of immunizing yourself against suits, the children can't waive their own rights and the parents can't either. It just puts us in a position where we can't protect ourself against claims.
"We did not eliminate riding in the races if you're under 18 but over 16, but we did cut down on that happening by excluding races for juniors," Mr. Rouse said. "One thing that's always worried us is that some people, in order to give their horse a
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