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There was a time when FEI was at the vanguard of High
Adventure for me because i love High Adventure. Lately, actually Stockholm
was the start, it has been a sport geared towards 'Getting into the
Olympics'. At that point it started going towards bringing Endurance to
the masses. Then it left horse friendly trails and tests to become
Flat Race Tiny Hiney Spectator Sport. This sport will never be Spectator
Friendly. 25% Completitions don't do much for me on flat track. It
means 1 thing. The participants took a reckless path. That path is
whats taken me from the FEI path to other high adventure paths. I still
think the concept is good but there are some points that needs fixing
because its getting REAL close to being broken. The highlight of my
Endurance FEI was a 28th place finish and the National Anthem was
played in Germany when we won Team Gold. That meant a lot to a Viet
Nam Veteran...more than anything you will ever know. That even overshadows
my top ten individual finish at the PAC in Ontario. Where went the
Team? all we hear about are the Queens and Kings. tom
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