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The below sure sounds like a  ---"Cash and Trash" mentality---Only for human 
gradification-- They'll probably do it and  the "other endurance riders'" 
will have to hang their heads and gush  explanations---
  When you heat things up enough doesn't the "dross",(aka. Scum....) rise 
to the top?

I applaud and appreciate those trying to compete and protect the horse, very 
delicate balance, but people amy not be able to wear thier T-shirst in  
public......
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> (Caution: the following paragraph is totally subjective, I'm going to vent 
> a
> little ). At a recent conference call of the USEF High Performance Athletes
> committee (USEF riders elected to the committee), of which I am a member, a
> motion was put forward to recommend to the USEF Endurance committee that 
> the
> mileage requirement qualification for horses to be nominated for the 2006
> WEC be eliminated. The proposal put forward by a committee member was to
> allow riders to nominate horses with no previous mileage requirement. By
> majority vote, the committee recommended that the horse requirement to have
> completed two 100 mile rides be eliminated. The committee recommended by
> majority vote that the requirement of the horse to have completed 500
> lifetime miles be  reduced to 200 lifetime miles. The argument of 
> persuasion
> was that 'we need younger faster horses to compete' and that 'we have too
> many old high mileage horses trying to compete'. I have to ask - what was
> the age of the US horses that have won World Championships in the past? It
> appears to me that some are now promoting the quest for 'victory' at all
> costs. This is short sighted and IMO foolish. Do we really want to allow
> riders to nominate 6 year old horses, that have done 4 50-mile rides, to be
> considered to represent the US at a World Championship 160km race. The
> potential for pushing horses beyond the limit of conditioning is very high
> in this circumstance. We might see some younger horses turning out faster
> ride times w/o the lameness issues that often accompany high mileage
> horses... but we probably won't see these horses compete successfully for
> very long. What is the cost? And do we, USEF, really want to endorse this
> attitude, this 'message'. I personally do not.
>
> Ok, venting over.
>
> later -
>
> Steph
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