A good friend of mine (Lei Romer) bought Australia's Glennallan Sheida at
the WEG 1994 in the Hague (Margreth Wade's horse). Sheida has an "endurance
logbook". She participated in the Quilty several times with good results.
It's good to see as a foreigner when buying a horse, what the horse has
actually done before and where trouble (if any) could occurr, based on
earlier entries in the booklet.
In the Netherlands we also have ride books. It's not actually a logbook,
but more a passport. With our system of at least 3 ride completions in each
category, it's necessary to have the passport with the horse at each ride.
Also foreign rides are entered and count towards your promotion to a higher
category.
For newcomers; we compete in 4 categories in the Netherlands:
I Up to 40 km/25 miles
II 40 km/25 miles - 80 km/50 miles
III 80 km/50 miles - 120 km/75 miles
IV 120 km/75 miles and more
All rides are entered in the booklet. Completed or not completed. Rider
option pulls, pulls by vet (and reason for pulls; lameness, metabolic,
heartrate too high, etc.) and at what distance.
Also entered is the average speed, the total ride time and distance of the
trail.
If you override your horse here in two following competitions, you will be
sanctioned. (No starts allowed for several months and 1 category back in
qualification). Same goes for 3 time in a row withdrawal from a ride by the
vet.
1 year no finishing in your highest category means one category back in
qualification unless you did 3 rides in the 2nd highest category, which
means you are still qualified for your highest category.
Only few people overhere have FEI-passports as the sports is not that
professional yet and FEI-passports are rather expensive The little "blue
DER (Dutch Endurance Riders) passport is for not international riders
instead of a FEI-passport and for the others it goes with the FEI-passport.
Greetings,
Desiree Hanen - The Netherlands
(Still... it takes Love over Gold & to finish is to win!)