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Re: [RC] WEC & International - Truman PrevattThis is a great ideal, but I suspect a snowball has a better chance in Hell than this coming to be. First, the FEI has decided that endurance at the championship level is a race - the new COC requires a 12 km/hr 100 just to be eligible to ride in a championship ride. There are years where only one or two (if any) people finish our historic 100's (OD, Tevis, Big Horn, etc.) in that speed. The "to finish is to win" is not an FEI concept - it is an AERC concept. In fact the few years ago the FEI floated the ideal of stopping the race after the first 10 finished - like NASCAR. Second, puting on a WEC is a very expensive proposition. I sure would like to see WEC run on the OD trail, the Tevis trail or the BH Trial - but I'm not holding my breath. To make it worse for whatever reason the "FEI officials" at our co-sanctioned rides are harassing non-FEI riders about taking care of their horses (feeding in the vet line) - while the FEI turns a blind eye on a horse being ridden on drugs in the WEC. Something seems very wrong with this pricture. Truman Dean A. Conti wrote:
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