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Actually John, you are 100% correct in your assessment. The UAE has  raised
the bar in international endurance competition. Many of us in the  US may
not agree that this is "endurance" or like the fact that they are  being
sucessful,  but endurance riding is defined by the first to cross  the finish
line and is fit to continue wins. If it is not a race - why  are do they
give a first place? The times they posted were very  impressive and from
Steph's account the horses looked good. 
 
The US used to dominate, but we no longer do. If the US wants to  dominate
again it must figure out how to select a team for the worlds  and develop
the team to be competitive. That means we have to give up  this fairy tail
of selecting the team a few months prior to the WEG and  think we can just
show up. It won't work any longer. If we don't figure  out how to send a
seasoned team to the WEG we can get used to be  relegated to being also runs. 
 
So here's to your tuna and raising you a malrin

. 
 
Truman 
 
 
John Teeter wrote: 
 
>  
> Take for example in the US, converting the upper Fort Valley area into  an
> endurance village for training on mountainous terrain, or making  the cross
> Florida greenway (can't remember the name..:( into an area  for fast/flat
> winter training) and then have all the endurance riders  in those areas quit
> there jobs and do nothing but train and experiment  and ride etc.) That may
> be what it takes to stay competitive at the  international level of the sport.
> That is how the US Olympic Training  Center in Colorado came into being.... 
>   
>  
> Hows all that for a dead fish:-) 
>  
> johnt 
>