There are items such as certification of course designers, rider suspensions/horse rest periods for?metabolic?elimination, minimum rest periods between events, etc.
There are some interesting proposals which we may see forthcoming when we finally get a public review of the positions taken on these points. As in - will the handicap system be constructed from the world ranking system perhaps?? (for those not aware, the world ranking system is explained here:?
It is kind of difficult to say what direction the FEI Endurance rules will go in the fall of 2008. The task force working groups have, I understand, completed their work with the submission of the interim reports (10/31/07) - the final reports will be prepared by the FEI staff and sent to the NFs in April for their comment b/f the new rules/procedures are proposed/approved by the FEI next Nov.?
jt
On Dec 4, 2007, at 4:45 PM, Endurance Net wrote:
No, this happened b/f the working groups were formed (following the April Paris forum). We don't know what the working groups have proposed. And will not find out till sometime mid next year.
I assume this was put in place by the FEI Endurance Technical committee.
jt
On Dec 4, 2007, at 4:43 PM, Maryanne Gabbani wrote:
Would this be an idea coming from the working committee for equine protection? Just an innocent question.
