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And that is the very issue the AERC BOD should be addressing. When (I 
suspect it is when not if) the sport of endurance is seen not to be in 
the best interest of the horses and we (the AERC) are affiliated with 
the organizations sponsoring endurance races (USEF and FEI) - we will be 
all lumped together. It won't even have to be activism that originates 
in the US that impacts us - it can start in Europe and spill over to the 
US. At that point the subtlety of endurace riding vs. endurance racing 
will be irreverent.

Because we are affilated with the USEF - we (the AERC) is by default in 
agreement with the policies - or that's how it would be perceived and 
used against the AERC.

The only option I see is to distance ourselves as much as possible from 
the current directions in international endurane racing and all the 
organizations associated with it. We will probably be very happy we did 
at some point.

Think it can't happen. How many people 10 years ago thought that the 
historic tradition fox hunting with dogs across the English country side 
would be outlawed.

Truman

DVeritas@xxxxxxx wrote:

> In a message dated 2/21/2005 8:25:47 A.M. Mountain Standard Time, 
> heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>     Please, tell us just in what way this will cause AERC
>     riding to deteriorate?
>
> I probably have more to say regarding all of this than I want to, so I 
> won't.
> But, I will say, it is only a matter of time until /the public 
> perception /of endurance riding is affected by the policies of the 
> USEF and the FEI.
> Unlike other horse disciplines, the public can seem to grasp what 
> riding too far, too fast can do to a horse.
> Public /perception, /if it goes the way of other matters (presented 
> "just so" by the media), can and will affect the AERC and endurance 
> riding, in general.
> The world is smaller today than yesterday, and it only takes one 
> cameraman with an "agenda," and outlet for that agenda, to set things 
> in motion.
> If the "world" perceives that the horsemen and horsewomen involved in 
> this sport are not good stewards of the horse, I guarantee that some 
> faction will rise up and take the reins out of our hands.
> ~Frank



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“It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how 
smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong” Richard 
Feynman



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