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[RC] President's Cup - inspections/vetting/regulations - Steph Teeter

All of the horses are on the premises now, the UAE barn is quite far from
ours though so we haven't seen much new activity. The first veterinary
inspections are this afternoon, and tomorrow will be final inspections and
trot-outs.

At this point there are (around) 90 riders entered, 19 from foreign
countries, the rest on-continent. The ride is a CEI*** - not a championship
**** ride, since there are no qualifications for the horses. This will be
the first 100 for many UAE horses, hoping to get them qualified for the 2004
WEC. This is the only 100 mile (160 km) ride on the UAE calendar, so it's a
big deal, especially for qualification.

This morning I spoke at length with Dr. Niranjan, the head veterinarian for
the UAE Equestrian Federation. He's helping organize the event - managing
veterinary logistics, regulations, preparation, vetting protocol, etc. They
are making great efforts to impose very strict vetting criteria on this ride
in particular, and on all UAE rides in general. There is a big push to
educate the riders, and to eliminate horses BEFORE there are serious
metabolic problems, and as soon as there are any lameness issues. Niranjan
said that the UAE is very sensitive to the opinion of the world in this
matter, and they are become stricter here than in most other countries. The
speeds that the horses maintain is so much faster, and the 'edge' so much
closer for many of them. He said it's not uncommon for horses to complete
the first legs of a ride at 25km per hour (km not miles).

A new ride rule: At this ride the FEI President/Steward will be able to
impose a request upon any control veterinarian to have a horse re-presented
to a committee of vets if there is any question about the horse.
Traditionally there is a re-present and committee review ONLY if the control
veterinarian requests one. For this ride, they will use a new rule which
allows an official to request a re-present regardless of the judgement of
the individual control vet. This is a big deal change since there have been
cases where control veterinarians have passed obviously lame horses, or
failed horses that should have passed, but the FEI Stewards had no recourse.
This new situation is not a new FEI rule, but a rule implemented
specifically for this ride.

more later -

Stteph


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