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Leonard.Liesens@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi ridecampers,
> What is wrong with the 2010 venue? Too flat? Too easy?
It's outside of Lexington, KY at the KY Horse Park. A beautiful park but 
basically flat to a little roll. It will be fast.
> Actually, I think this is the core difference between the grass-roots
> AERC-style endurance and the FEI-style endurance.  My own opinion is
> that the flat-track style **is** the priority for the WEC type races. 
> If that is wrong, someone please correct me.   (Note:  I didn't say
> FEI.  I believe there are plenty of "technical" FEI rides.  I'm
> talking specifically about the WEC venue(s), which I believe tend to
> conform to the UAE flat-track style).
I think there are vast differences in the US and Europe. The US has the 
AERC which represents endurance on the armature recreational level. The 
only need for FEI is for US riders to qualify for championship races 
like the WEC. In Europe the FEI seems to play the role of the AERC in 
many respect. Also the US is huge and the AERC encompasses both the US 
and Canada. European countries are about the size of many US states and 
hence there is a much greater need for an international based 
organization to organize endurance rides - hence the need for something 
like the FEI in Europe.

Truman

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