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difficult to do from afar. 95+% of the horses are from stables in the
UAE. The UAE/FEI research project outlined in the following:

http://www.endurance.net/channels/2007/02/fei-to-research-endurance-horses-in_17.html

might be the place to go for answers.

jt

At 01:40 PM 2/17/2007, oddfarm wrote:
> Boy, when I started
> scrolling down the elimination page I kept saying,"Wow. Wow! WOW!
> ARE YOU KIDDING?!"
>  
> John and Steph, I sure do appreciate all the coverage of
> events and the your website so don't take this personally.
>  
> It looks like 118 or so signed up or were invited, 101
> started and only 28 finished. Almost all of the pulls were lameness. Duh.
> Who'd a thunk that kind of "competition" could lame up a horse?
> I think this is a horrible display of our sport. I am all for racing if
> you prepare, riding if you just want to have fun and everything
> in-between. However, this is on the verge of abuse. 
>  
> Some will say, the vet control was very strict and that is
> why so many horses were pulled. 
>  
> To that I say, bullshit. 
>  
> John and Steph, I would love to see what the top ten horses
> in this race are doing next year. Maybe you could follow up on that and
> report that they are still competing and sound. I would gladly eat my
> words. 
>  
> How about giving us a follow-up on last year's winners of
> the President's Cup?
>  
> Lisa Salas, The Odd fArm