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Regarding the course for the US event in 2010. There was serious  
consideration for holding the Endurance event over more challenging  
terrain - specifically the area that the 2008 NC was held at (Daniel  
Boone National Forest) which is I think about an hour away from the  
WEG venue. But there are a lot more considerations for WECs than just  
the trail.

Transportation and hotel proximity : if 30 nations participate we're  
looking at between 500 and 1000 people that will need hotel  
facility,  and transportation/rental cars, and restaurants, etc.  The  
farther the trail is from stables the more difficult it is for people  
(and horses) to get back and forth.

Another real issue is stabling - horses will be flown in from around  
the world and will have to be quarantined according to their origin  
up until the race starts. They will need to have separate stables and  
also separate training tracks.  The stables are at the venue for  
reasons of safety, security and practicality.  Treatment facilities  
for horses are also at the venue. Horses would have to be transported  
the start and finish, after eliminations, and if treatment was required.

Another issue is being 'part of the WEG' so that spectators, press,  
etc can experience endurance as well as jumping, dressage, etc.

As far as Money - yes, there is no doubt that this is a factor. You  
can't do an event like this without sponsors and sponsors want their  
name plastered all over every aspect of the event.  But I don't think  
they care what kind of trail the horses traverses as much as how  
visible their name is.  And a central venue provides much more  
sponsor visibility than if it were spread out.

Steph

On Nov 24, 2008, at 4:32 AM, Diane Trefethen wrote:

> Steph Teeter wrote:
> > But - I do think that the flat tracks that the recent WECs have  
> > had are more a result of the host Nation's options than of a fixed  
> > desire to have a flat course... There are actually a lot of people  
> > in the FEI influential circle that would like to see more  
> > technical challenges in the courses - it just primarily boils down  
> > to the who/what/where of the host nation.
>
> Hi Steph,
>
> If the above two statements are true and if a third statement is  
> true, ie, that the proposed venue for the WEC in the US is a bunch  
> of flat loops, then what you are saying is that the USA FEI people  
> are defying "a lot of people in the FEI influential circle" to put  
> on a flat race that is favored by the sheiks.
>
> Why would they do that?  Money maybe?  Stupidity maybe?  What?
>
> Regards, Diane
>
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