[RC] IntNewsGroup: IMPORTANT NOTICE TO FEI 100-MILE RIDERS - Lori & Rick Stewart
-----Original Message----- From: Prairie Skye Farm
[mailto:prairieskyefarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, March 02,
2004 12:09 PM To: Prairie Skye Farm Subject: IMPORTANT
NOTICE TO FEI 100-MILE RIDERS
Dear Competitors,
Attached please find latest updated information
regarding FEI & National Passporting information. This information has been
generously gathered by Anne Ayala and approved for release by the USEF. If you
have questions you are welcome to contact myself, your International zone
reps or Lynn at USEF- lmccoy@xxxxxxxx
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Thanks,
Skye D. Priesz
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO FEI 100-MILE RIDERS
READ CAREFULLY NOW!!!!
Beginning this year, 2004, ALL riders in FEI 3-star (100 mile) rides in
the U.S.A. MUST have either an FEI Passport or a National Passport for their
horse. If the horse already has a valid, current FEI passport, check the items
under "Rider Requirements" only.
To acquire either passport before your first FEI ride:
1. As owner, get your horse life-recorded with US Equestrian, a requirement
for any passport. To get the form, go to www.usef.org and click on "Forms and
Pubs" and then "Membership". The cost to Life Record is a one-time fee of $200.
You can either download the form, fill it out and mail it in, OR, do it online
by going from the Home Page directly to "Memberships", logging in as a
USEF member, and filling out the online Life Recording Form.
2. Be sure that your horse has or gets the two intramuscular equine
flu shots (one initial and the second within the 21-92 day period after the
first shot, and that the vet has recorded the batch numbers to put on the
passport form. The nasal form of the equine influenza shotcannot be
used for the primary inoculations. If the horse has already had the two
primary shots and needs a booster, be sure that it is given WITHIN one year of
the second inoculation, and is not given within 7 days of the event, or
start over with primary shots.
3. Write to Lynn McCoy (lmccoy@xxxxxxxx) or phone her at
859-225-2020 and have her send you the detailed info on how to do the
diagram/written description of your horse. READ IT CAREFULLY, and either
do the picture/words yourself in exact detail or have a very knowledgeable vet
do it all. (If you do the diagram and the description yourself, we suggest that
you do it first on a practice diagram and have your vet approve it before you
transfer it to the pages in the passport.) Either way you will have to have the
vet verify the form while looking at the horse, make any corrections, and
sign the sheet. You will need a black and a red pen to do the drawing; you will
probably need a stool to view the top of the horse well. Be aware that most
applications for passports are rejected because the drawings are not done
correctly and/or the written description is not in anatomical terms -- this will
delay the return of your horse?s passport.
4. At the same time, tell Lynn that you need an official application form for
the National ($50) or FEI ($300) Passport. If you do not intend to go to Canada
or overseas, the National Passport is the least expensive; it is good for the
life of the horse and you can always upgrade it to FEI status in future by
paying the additional $250. If you already have an older National Passport for
your horse, you need to fill out the new application form and return it with $15
and the old passport, so they can issue the new National Passport just approved
by the FEI for use in FEI competitions.
5. Be prepared to pay the new High Performance Fee at the ride, either
$50 per ride or $200 for all FEI rides in 2004. If you do more than 2 rides,
you will have to pay the $200 Sr. fee. The fee for Junior riders is $100/year,
but must be paid in its entirety. You may pay it on the Membership Application
form, or at the ride with a credit card number or by check (NO CASH
accepted as this form must be mailed in immediately at the ride).
Rider Requirements 2004:
1. You must be a member of USEF with Discipline Fee paid: $50 total. For
application form, go to www.usef.org, then to Forms and Pubs,
then to Membership or go from Home Page directly to Membership and do it online
with your login codes.
2. You must be a member of AERC International (extra $10)
