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At some point that is something the FEI riders in this country will have 
to do if they ever want to be anything but also runs at the WEC. Given 
the structure they run under - AERC I - I think they really need to 
rethink their structure for a lot of reasons. Maybe the big one is as 
long as they remain part of AERC - there is going to be a significant 
part of the membership that finds competition at this level at this 
speed with this high of a attrition rate unacceptable treatment of 
horses. It's not easy doing what you have to do to beat a sub 7 hour 100 
- while a significant part of the organization you are part of 
disapproves of such.

I suspect if they ever want to be competitive again they need to 
reorganize under the USEF independent of the AERC and work toward the 
goal of being competitive. It was not so long ago when the WEC was won 
in about 12 hours, then 10 hourse - now it is 6:40. Gone I think are the 
days when a good rider with a good horse can rise to win the WEC. Today 
it's about endurance racing barns, exercise riders, peaking multiple 
horses for one race and racing the one that is the most ready. I'm not 
sure that model belongs in the AERC nor am I sure a US rider under the 
current organization can compete with that model.

Truman

Cindy Collins wrote:
> If "our" goal is to compete with that crowd, we need two totally 
> separate organizations with completely different goals, financing, etc.


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