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[RC] Other ramifications to new FEI rule - Lynn WhiteI know I'm beating the proverbial dead horse here, but here is one more ramification. How are riders from countries that don't have any FEI rides supposed to qualify? From what I understand, a rider/horse can qualify if the rider does one FEI*** or higher and three rides (or something to this affect). What this means is that someone from say, Kazakhstan can come to a country that is having an FEI*** ride, complete the ride in the allotted time, and do a couple more other rides in his/her own country to qualify for the WEG's. This is the only way many of these riders can represent their countries. How many people do you know who will lease out a horse that can do a 160 km ride in 10 hours and 40 minutes to a virtual stranger? So basically this proposed rule is going to mean that a very small and specialized (i.e., wealthy) group will be able to participate. In fact many of the worlds best riders (notice I did not use the word "jockeys") will be omitted from competition. International endurance competition will morph into an uninteresting process with the usual predictable outcome. I for one enjoy reading about riders from all over the world that bring their unusual and non-arabian horses to the WEG rides. They may not top ten, but they are out there competing and its an experience of a lifetime for many of them. I'll miss reading about them if the proposed rule is adopted. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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