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At that ride I was crewing for Kathy. I was waiting for her to come in 
and went down to the gate. I started talking with someone. I walked 
aroung the fence and leaned against it to carry on the conversation - 
thinking nothing about it. Some "official" I'd never before came up and 
chewed out my butt for being in an area where crews weren't allowed. I 
thought that a bit rude - actually I thought it was very rude..

I guess I would not automatically disqualify a ride because it was FEI 
sanctioned. I've ridden a couple. However, there always seems to be the 
chance of distraction and potential conflict because of FEI. If I have a 
choice of two rides I would go to the regular old AERC sanctioned ride 
rather than one that is FEI sanctioned unless the FEI ride has something 
special to offer (like a specular trail).. I'm not against FEI rides, 
but since I have no interest in riding FEI - I have no interest in 
putting up with some of the distractions and aggravations that can arise.

Truman

Jim Holland wrote:

> What I was referring to with "crew on the trail" was being able to meet your
> rider before the vet check.  My crew likes to walk down the road a couple of
> 100 yards with a bucket of water and maybe a handful of hay for my horse and
> perhaps a gatoraid for me and we talk while walking back to camp. That "is"
> on the trail.  They also do that for me in the vet/P&R line, which also was
> not allowed.  My crew was also not allowed to trot out my horse.  I like to
> "watch" the trot-out....particularly with Sunny.
>  


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