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RE: [RC] FEI - racing - David LeBlancSteph said: If one excludes the Middle East (and especially UAE) from the mix, most riders and organizing committees prefer a more technically challenging course. The UAE is not representative of what most Endurance people want, even at the FEI level. Will it change FEI Endurance much?? who knows! It's still a race - but somehow RACING the Tevis or OD or Florac seems more 'grass roots' than RACING a primarily flat course with vehicle assistance the entire way! I'm of the opinion that taking our marbles and going home isn't part of the solution. You lose even a voice in things that way. Moving to a percentage of winning time seems like a move in the right direction. Speaking of going to more technical courses, and encouraging people to keep their horses well enough to go again, I wonder if we couldn't take a page from the cycling world, and have a series of 100's across the US? Same horse, same rider. That would be a whole different challenge. Ordinary people couldn't do that much travel, but these FEI folks don't seem especially hindered by such things. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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