RE: [RC] [Endurance Riding: News] FEI CoC for 2008 WEC - 10:40 and 12 months! - Karen Franklin
“The FEI has modified the qualification requirements
competitors much achieve to participate in the 2008 World Endurance
Championship. These requirements have been change to necessitate the
achievement of the FEI Certificate of Capability (CoC) with in 12 months of the
event.
Additionally, the CoC time for 2008 WEC qualification has changed from 13 hours
and 20 minutes (per 160km) to 10 hours 40 min!”
Okay, as a newbie here, can
someone please explain to me what the FEI Certificate of Capability is? Does
it essentially state that a horse and rider team is fit to compete in other FEI
sanctioned events, or is specifically for the WEC? Also, I assume that a
horse and rider team has to meet the 10:40 ride time at the Malaysia ride in
order to qualify to compete in the ’08 WEC – is that all there is
to the new time limit at this particular ride, or does this time limit apply to
other rides required for qualification for the ’08 WEC? It’s
all a confusing tangle to me, without the fact that the gulf between FEI events
and your average “to finish is to win” ride has just surpassed the Grand
Canyon.
