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RE: Concurrent Rides
Then
ride managers need to be MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE. So far, there have been some
complaints about
Biltmore by a few people, and no real complaints about
SASO IV and Washoe. And I'm sure that Barbara
McCrary will manage Swanton AERC well, with the
concurrent CEI-A, also, when that comes up in July.
Somehow though, in the back of my mind, the riders who
will be riding in the CEI-A will probably be
riding
in the AERC ride as well at Swanton. Right Barbara?
Besides, if we ever host a World Championship again,
ride managers should be able to handle
the
FEI rules. Managing FEI rides now would be good experience for the
future.
I wish
I was able to go to Washoe to compare. SASO IV was probably very low-key
in comparison because
it was
a CEI-B with fewer riders.
It seems like most of the complaints about Biltmore
could have just as easily happened if it
wasn't
an FEI ride and was just an AERC ride. Trail
markers, wrong directions, confused volunteers didn't
happen
just because it was FEI. The only thing that
could be truly irksome is the parking issue and this
is
where the ride management may have to be
creative to make all competitors happy.
It
will be interesting to see how the rest of the CEI-A's pan out over this
year. I bet by the end of the
year
all this FEI rules business will be ho-hum. And maybe some of the rules
that FEI imposes
on
rides will be changed due to influence by AERC so that there is less diversion
in rules.
K.
Kathy:
You
are familiar with only one WELL RUN,BY A KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSON, ride. When the
majority of the AERC membership, and by this I mean non-FEI oriented, get the
FEI rules imposed upon them it is not correct. Yes, a WELL RUN ride will not
do this but many rides in the interest of convenience do impose the FEI rules
upon ALL riders even if those riders are only AERC
competitors.
Bob
Morris
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