Re: [RC] FEI is OK with Bute ... no reaction from the US? - Truman Prevatt
stephanie teeter wrote:
The reality of dual sanctioned rides is having to deal
with differences in AERC and FEI - differences in rules, policy, and
culture. The biggest difference in my experience is that AERC allows 60
minutes at the finish, FEI allows 30. We have DQ'd riders from FEI
completion, and awarded AERC completion if warranted. It can be a bit
of a squiggly mess at times, having seen FEI riders DQ'd at the finish
for lameness (with only one presentation permitted), and then allowed
to re-present later (within 60 minutes) for AERC placement if the horse
came sound. I suspect the bute/banamine/aspirin duality you brought up
would have to be treated similarly.
Also - even though I'm soured on FEI, I am still 100% supportive
of our AERC members that have FEI ambition and - even though the
current FEI administration has some issues... FEI still represents the
world standard for the highest level of equestrian competition for
those with talent and ambition.
Steph
How would you propose dealing with a rider tested positive for levels
of but less than 2 half lives - AERC and suspended from rides for say
a year being allowed to show up and ride the FEI ride at a
co-sanctioned ride. That is now possible.
If AERC members want to go ride FEI - more power to them I have no
problem with that. They have an organization in which to do that - it's
the USEF. I don't see how in good conscience the AERC can continue to
support FEI. Time to cut the cord.
Truman
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higher
esteem those who think alike than those who think differently
“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct
him to
hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think
differently.”Friedrich Nietzsche
