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I'm already persona non grata with the FEI, so why not?  I spent the 
year after my husband died not riding much but I was collecting in/out 
times and vet information for our (ie Egyptian) riders at the FEI rides 
that year. I did so by setting up a laptop at the gate where the horses 
exit the vet area. Everything is done by swipe cards and the 
possibility for fiddling if no one is watching and the people operating 
the system are coerced is enormous.  I started doing this, not that any 
of our riders cared to find out the data I collected and that's another 
rant, because there were people puzzled by some in and out times that 
just didn't work.  Like someone would go into the vet check after a 
rider and leave before. No matter how you work that out, it's odd. You 
could come into the base camp after and leave before, that's 
conditioning and training, but not the vet check.  So I spent a year 
watching.  A card is a card is a card, and they are the size of a 
credit card.  Not hard to figure it out and I doubt that they'd do that 
anywhere but one of the poor cousin countries.

I don't know if it still goes on because the local federation don't 
like me much either and the feeling is pretty mutual. Last race I 
accidentally showed up at (they don't publicise the places and times 
here) I saw a horse that was so lame in the vet check it had to be 
hazed with a dressage whip to make it trot badly. I watched the check 
afterwards and then spoke to the rider to find to my amazement that the 
horse passed.  Next loop it was standing in the desert on three legs. 
Nice little stallion too. Damn

I come by my prejudices honestly, unfortunately.

ma

On Jan 27, 2005, at 9:13 AM, Laurie Durgin wrote:

> Sorry, I have always been a question person, all right, with the cloak 
> and dagger  mystery.....  now i've got to know, you are just giving me 
> enough to make me have to ask......WHY NOT?  (duh, to hide 
> something?....)
>
> > From: Maryanne Gabbani <msgabbani@xxxxxxx>
> > To: Laurie Durgin <ladurgin@xxxxxxx>
> > CC: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [RC]   [RC] WEC TV
> > Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 09:04:21 +0200
> >
> > Shots of the vet check are exactly what you will never get from a UAE 
> > ride. Believe me.
> >
> >
> > On Jan 27, 2005, at 8:45 AM, Laurie Durgin wrote:
> >
> > > Amen.... I realise it is the local hero, king ,whatever, but there 
> > > are other riders and horses and things going on, that is interesting 
> > > to other riders, family, horse people. Too bad, the camera people 
> > > aren't filming for the horsey crowd. We'd like to see more horses, 
> > > trots outs, the riders haggard countenance, cooling down techniques, 
> > > comformation shots, , gait analysis, ... that kind of stuff, so we 
> > > can live vicariously ......."wow, look at that one, doesn't he look 
> > > a little off on the right rear", # so and so looks 
> > > shortstriding","hey, they are using rump rugs, " no you idiot, don't 
> > > put cold water on the butt and back"," hey , what kind of shoes does 
> > > he have on that horse?' , 'rider # zzz looks like he is going to get 
> > > sick, right here on nat'l tv...,"let um, eat, let um  eat..., boy 
> > > that horse is strung-out looking......Did you see that rider bump 
> > > that horse...
> > >   Heck, we could have even more fun,if they did  shots of those 
> > > vehicles following and what they are doing--- really  the overhead 
> > > tent shots, and the top 7 guys  is a bit old....I bet I will be able 
> > > to recognize  them  on a ride anywhere worldwide,  without my 
> > > contacts, cause I have their riding form memorized,,, I can pick 
> > > them out , the whole family by their particular style...
> > >   Back to my cold popcorn and mayube now the feed is back. I 
> > > actually had sound for about 5 minutes.....twice
> > >
> > > > From: Maryanne Gabbani <msgabbani@xxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > There's a truck with a guy hanging out filming the 
> > > > Maktoums...that's how they did it here. I do wish we could see 
> > > > something other than his excellency's rugged countenance.  Most of 
> > > > the horses look good just doing easy canters over flat ground. 
> > > > Haven't seen a single shot of the US team so far. The camera at the 
> > > > out gate at least gets a shot of folks' backs and horse butts.
> > >
> > >
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