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Re: [RC] Different Sports - Truman PrevattI guess I really don't care if European riders get upset with the FEI rides in the UAE or not. In reality it won't matter much since the UAE is footing the bill for the FEI in endurance and the golden rule applies - he who supplies the gold makes the rules. The only thing I care about is the AERC distances itself as fast and as far as they can from the travesty that is FEI endurance. I see no distinction of any of it since the UAE is in reality calling the shots - see the golden rule again.The AERC members don't need to worry themselves with rules to differentiate "ride from race" since it hasn't been much of an issue until this travesty called FEI funded by the UAE came into being. AERC riding is doing fine. If the Europeans want to fight the battle because they need the FEI I wish them well. The AERC really has no dog in this fight. The best thing the AERC can do IMO is pull the plug, abolish AERC I (its accomplished it's reason for existence) and cut all ties with USEF. If a group of US riders want to participate - more power to them - that's why the USEF is there. Truman Beth Walker wrote: Actually, I **should** be able to compare endurance races in Europe with those in Austrailia, UAE, whereever, if all the events are conducted under the FEI umbrella. When the conduct of an event in one country is so different as to look like something else entirely, it says (to me ) that the governing body is not doing its job. -- "It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man." H.L. Mencken =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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