Okay, I've ridden Fort Howes when it was a dual sanctioned (AERC/FEI)
ride. It was still a hundred miles of sheer pleasure and delight.
The vet checks were a bit different, but, being an endurance rider, adaptation
ain't so hard.
What I'd really like to know is, does the AERC have a Steward at the
dual-sanctioned rides? If so, great. If not, WHY NOT?
An AERC Steward SHOULD be there to represent the AERC, cause the FEI is
CERTAINLY represented. The AERC Steward should avail themselves to AERC
members with concerns, questions, bitches or just the need to vent.
Perhaps that would help.
As for me, I liked the FEI folks I talked to and who
helped me (I rode as an AERC rider only). When I finished the 100 at two
in the morning, the FEI Steward (Robin) was waiting for me at the finish and was
very pleasant to me and my horse.
