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Re: [RC] Pan Ams - Linda Marins----- Original Message -----
From: "Steph Teeter" <stephteeter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [RC] Pan Ams > This is one of the 'fallouts' from the FEI
decision in 2006 to only
> allow each Federation to field one team of 4 riders for continental > championships. The US (and other Federations) can no longer field a > team of 4 from each region. And since we (the Americas) are so > geographically large and spread out, Pan Ams can no longer draw > enough entries to make it worthwhile to host the competition. If we > were to hold a Pan Am in the USA or Canada, we'd essentially be > looking at a competition between 8 horses and riders - a team from > Canada and a team from USA - nobody else ... This is so disappointing. I massively
enjoyed playing tourist while
volunteering at the 2001 Pan Ams held at the
Green Mountain Horseman's
Assocation in Woodstock, Vt. The funnest
part was meeting all the
people and seeing all the horses from around the
country.
That such an event can never occur again does
*not* represent any
kind of progress toward anything. The sport
is poorer for its loss.
Linda Marins
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