Ridecamp: RE: [RC] January 2002 European Chef d'Equipe Resolutions forFEI

Yeah, but -- if we knew in advance that was how the ride was going to be 
run and didn't voice any objections, it doesn't look right to be doing so 
after 2 horses died.  Why didn't we have the leadership to stand up BEFORE 
the ride and say that we were going to demand that the ride vets have more 
veterinary control over the ride?  I just think that we (americans) are no 
less guilty, and should not be pointing fingers.  Especially when those in 
charge (whoever they are) are supposed to have the experience and should be 
trying to guide things in a way that makes this type of event safe for the 
horses.   If we have so little control or ability to provide input, why are 
we even participating?    Karen


At 11:40 AM 09/27/2002 -0600, you wrote:
> This was actually an attempt by the European group to provide some sort of
> control over how FEI events were run. I don't know the specifics of the
> issues and discussions over the number of vet gates, but most of these
> measures were intended to provide more consistency (course designer, lack of
> 'secrecy' when taking horse's pulses, etc.)There may have been other agendas
> such as shorter competition time (media friendly) but mostly this was a
> result of frustrations over the way rides had been run in the past.
>
> Dane's reference to the veterinarians at the WEC being 'over-ruled' by the
> Toulouse Group regarding vet gates suggests that this resolution was pretty
> powerful.
>
> Steph


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