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[RC] FEI Direction Questions - Ridecamp Guest

Please Reply to: kim kimfue@xxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Steph,
 I for one appreciate your honesty when writing your post about the direction 
of International riding.  It confirms what many have felt recently and though 
there may be disagree on how to deal with these changes at least there is some 
agreement that this MAY not be best the best venue for the horses.
 I have a couple questions concerning USEF and FEI.  If AERC has been the 
distance organization that USEF recognizes why and who are making decisions to 
change qualifications? Are there not AERC members on this committee and why are 
their opinions (and I assume here that they would like stricter qualifications) 
being ignored.  Shouldn't AERC members on committess in USEF be considered the 
"specialists" and their suggestions followed.  I can't imagine an AERC member 
of USEF giving advice on how to run dressage trials? Why are non endurance 
riders making endurance policy in USEF?  If winning is sooooo important to USEF 
why not send teams to venues that our horses have a chance of being 
competitive.  Would it be out of line to sit out a WEC if you know that there 
are no horses in the selection pool that have a chance at "winning".  Your 
Arabian Nights ride was set up as a race similar to the WEC.  If the winning 
horse at that race was at least 30 or more minutes slower on home turf then the 
winning horse at the WEC how can one expect to be in the medals. In all elite 
sports competitors know what their competition is capable to do in performance. 
Did we not know that an 8 hr 100 mile completion would be middle of the pack?  
Again, if a US team wants to go to participate as many of this list have 
indicated that is great but it looks like the funding organization wants more 
then just participation...they want results.
  If there are so many other nations that feel the same as you and AERC WHY is 
this trend allowed to continue?  FEI officials are not from just one nation but 
from all over the world.  Why is the majority (if there is a majority of 
nations that feel this style of racing is wrong) being ignored?  The trend does 
not seem to be swinging back to sanity but swinging futher away toward the 
"race track" mentality.  You may say that the wheels of change turn slow at 
this level in any organization BUT they certainly did not turn slow to get to 
where International racing is today.  You can't blame this change on just the 
UAE as there had to be co operation from other nations and other endurance 
federations.  Can you name the nations that have concerns about this style of 
riding and the nations that seem to think this is OK?


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