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Thanks Jay for sharing this. I do have a few questions.

1. First I am under the impression that some of the rules the AERA has 
is because of pressure from the Government over the perception that 
endurance is a potentially "abusive" sport that if not well managed 
could have negative impact on the horse. Is that true or a rumor and if 
true what portion of the rules were to satisfy the Government?

2. From looking at the AERA website it appears that endurance riding in 
Australia is somewhat decentralized - and the "state" organizations are 
an integral part of the overall structure. This is compared to the US 
where the regional and organizations where they exist are pretty much 
outside of the AERC. Is this observation valid and if so what are the 
pros and cons?

3. How difficult was it to implement your penalty system and what was 
the added cost?

Thanks for your input.

Truman

Jay Randle wrote:
> Hi All
>
> And now for Question Number 4:
>
> We are extremely lucky in Australia to have quite a good system of 
> record-keeping within the AERA. If a horse and/or a rider incurs a 
> penalty, this penalty is recorded and the information on the penalty 
> is then distributed to Ride Organisers on a regular basis, allowing 
> them to know the status of any horse/rider.

>


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