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a brief opine:

I think the AERC and USEF will find a new relationship after the new  
FEI Endurance rules go into affect. This because there is a  
possibility that there will be either 1)contradictory rules or 2) 
unpalatable extensions of existing rules concepts. If this should  
happen, the ability to harmoniously hold jointly sanctioned events  
may be at risk and, as they say in france "walla" (phonetically  
spelling of course:) - it's the splits.

a brief example of a simple thing that the USA didn't really feel is  
the effect of the 2008 stipulation that all passports must be FEI  
passports for CEI***(*) events. This means that the Australians can  
no longer use their log books as passports - i.e. every FEI horse in  
AUS will have to be passported this year. an expensive undertaking  
which will initially lower the FEI participation significantly while  
making every Australian rider question the sanity of setting FEI  
competitions within their goals.

The FEI wants to unify the passports to enable global record keeping  
(based upon FEI riderID and horseID/Passport).  The FEI global  
rankings and such are the current state of affairs in this area.

jt



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