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Steph,
If you look at international rides statistics you will come to the obvious 
conclusion that the UAE guys could easily get the TEAM gold anytime they 
choose but they were all goig for the individual gold.From now on maybe 
since they already have a monopoly of the individual gold then team gold 
would their next target.
Team gold,if you have horses and riders like them, is not difficult.It is 
only impossible if 3 out of theallowable 4 riders were all aiming for number 
one then it is quite impossible.Chances of being vetted out when you are 
aiming for numero uno is high++.
Malaysia had 4 average riders and 4 average horses in the last Open European 
Championship but since none of them was even aiming for top ten we end up 
being 4th in the team event.Of course 4th is not gold but we are relative 
newcomers in this game and equestrian and horses are alien to us until 
recently.

Nik

> From: "Steph Teeter" <steph@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: <steph@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <rides2far@xxxxxxxx>
> CC: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [RC]   President's Cup
> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 18:50:09 +0400
>
> >>
> > They want endurance to be an Olympic Sport, yet they may be
> raising the bar so high that the very height of it will limit the
> countries who will compete...and who is interested in an Olympic
> competition with limited participation and total dominence by such a well
> financed, non inspiring machine? >>  Angie>>
>
> Well, there's always the silver and gold :)
>
> Consider the past 15 years - the sport was dominated at the International
> level by the USA - the other nations still participated, and they have been
> studying and learning and improving. The UAE has yet to win a team Gold at 
> a
> World Championship. (though a WEC in Dubai looks pretty promising) - still,
> this is Endurance, and there are still so many human factors - strategy and
> pacing, control, . and luck!
>
> Who is interested?... anybody that appreciates a good challenge!
>
> Steph
>
>
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> Just because someone tells you that your horse isn't "fit" for
> endurance...doesn't mean it isn't, it just means your horse isn't fit to be
> "their" endurance horse! Go for it, you never know what you'll accomplish
> with that "saddle horse" or "trail horse" of YOURS!
> ~ Darlene Anderson - DPD Endurance
>
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