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RE: [RC] [RC] US Team news - Laurie Durgin

Thoughtful analysis--
But what is international is what many people see--
I wonder how this will effect those considering the sport--- if this is what they see---
How will this effect--possibly dubiously --encouraging new adherents to the "homebred' form of Endurance?
I now understand why people were hotly debating about sponsorships.....
As the 'horseloving' type foremost, rather than --(nah, don't think I''ll go there)--
though fascinating---yet, repelled by the "Edge" they rode too---- I can see why this won't /shouldn't be an Olympic sport--- The DNF rate is too high and too visual----


Can you imagine the Kentucky Derby with 2/3 of the Horses limping off the field ?
Won't play well in Kansas.......


It is most certainly a different sport from the one that most of us
participate in most of the time - so be it - but this should not be seen as
a threat to the pleasure/challenge sport that predominates in the USA. There
is certainly greater risk to the horses - with increasing speed and miles
comes increasing risk - but this risk can be diminished by being better
educated - on the risks, and on how to avoid injury and extreme fatigue.
It's not something that should be taken lightly, but neither is it something
to be shunned. As the level of competition increases, so must the level of
preparation and education - and so must the quality of the horses.


I'll continue to do my multiday rides, and continue to do FEI rides - for me
it is all a worthy challenge. I so love the International friendships that
develop with the FEI level events, and the intensity of the challenge - the
need to stay sharp and watchful, and keep learning, keep asking.


Steph

(next... our Argentina/USA/UAE day on the trail)



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