Re: Re: Whips in eventing

["Tracey" <tracey@tbt.co.za>]

Thanks, Barbara,


Tracey
-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara H-B <bahoba@sprint.ca>
To: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: 21 September 2000 07:34
Subject: RC: Re: Whips in eventing


>Accoding to the 2000 FEI Rules for Endurance Article 818 Saddlery and
>Equipment only spurs are prohibited. Says nothing about whips.
>Barbara Holmes-Balmer
>Secretary Treasurer, ERABC http://www.img.net/erabc/
>Ride Manager, Ride Over the Rainbow
>Kelowna, B.C.
>
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>| From: Tracey <tracey@tbt.co.za>
>| To: NdurN@aol.com; ridecamp@endurance.net
>| Subject: RC:  Whips in eventing
>| Date: September 21, 2000 5:18 AM
>|
>| Dear Susan,
>|
>|
>|
>| >I was watching with great interest the 3=day event at the Olympics and
>| guess what??  Whips were carried and used quite often.  Now since this
>sport
>| is also under FEI, I wonder why they are allowed ......>
>|
>|
>| I must admit, I was a bit surprised when I joined this forum and learned
>| that whips weren't allowed for endurance (nor spurs, I take it?) as I am
>so
>| used to them being part and parcel of equestrian sport.
>|
>|
>| Your question could just as well be raised in respect of dressage,
>| showjumping or showing.
>|
>|
>| Perhaps the only answer I can give (and it's just a guess) is this : in
>all
>| other sports bar endurance, the competitor is under the eye of the judge
>at
>| all times, and over-use of the whip is punishable.  I don't think this is
>| the case in endurance, or am I wrong?
>|
>|
>| Anyway, it's a good question, and I'm sorry I can't give you the answer,
>but
>| I'd be grateful to hear any other thoughts on the subject.
>|
>|
>| Regards,
>| Tracey
>|
>| (who feels underdressed without a whip, although it is seldom, if ever,
>| used)
>|
>|
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