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Organizationally the AERC is an interesting study. The RM are not really 
part of the AERC. They are independents that request and receive 
sanctioning from the AERC. The RM's provide the funding for the rides 
and take the financial risk of the ride - not the AERC. They are 
basically acting on their own. When they receive sanctioning they (RM's) 
agree to live by a certain small set of standards and rules.

The AERC has no proactive policing - except the drug rule. It is done by 
the protest system. For example no one from AERC shows up and determines 
that the trail is actually 50 miles long instead of 45 miles long. There 
are no stewards - it is basically the honor system with the protest 
system to address rules violations. The exception is rides with a prise 
over a certain value. The FEI rides have stewards but they are for the 
FEI portion of the ride.

Ride stewards will add cost to the rides. Given the cost of rides today 
and given the cost of fuel and the other cost involved - I'm not sure 
the problem is sufficient to warrant stewards. I especially don't think 
the cost is warranted since for the most part it is a very few number of 
individuals that are the issue.

Truman

Flora Hillman wrote:

> No sport worth it's salt leaves their management open to rider abuse. Our
> ride managers are too important to us in the time, effort, knowledge,
> devotion, and sweat they put into managing our rides to leave them as fodder
> for abusive individuals. Every other high profile equine sport has written
> rules against abuse .... BUT  those sports make sure their rules are
> followed -- and enforced -- by mandating Ride Stewards at every venue.
> Driving trials and shows use a Technical Delegate.  
>
> Unfortunately, only FEI endurance rides, and those endurance rides that have
> a certain $ amount of prizes, are mandated to have a ride steward on site.
> The AERC hasn't been proactive in starting to promote the use of a ride
> steward at regular endurance rides....simply because they figure the current
> protest system is adequate. 
>
>  


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