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I have been following the
accounts of the recent youth races in the Emirates as part of the President's
Cup with little short astonishment that such conduct of sporting events for
young people could be condoned by a group who is first of all supposed to be
on hand for the safety of the horses being used in such events. Runaway
horses, riders who have been given no chance to know their assigned mounts,
and excessive speeds do not bode well for the future of endurance racing for
youth in the Gulf. For that matter they do not bode well for the future of the
youth that partakes in such events, since the risk factors are way above
acceptable by any parents' standards.
While I know that many of the
FEI personnel on hand for these events are also employees of the stables
entering horses in them, I would still like to believe that the points 1.4 and
1.5 of your purposes and principles are actually being followed even if it
occasionally means telling one's employer that something cannot and should not
be done.
I truly hope that the FEI will change from being a rubber
stamp organisation for a small but influential group of riders to being the
regulatory body it claims to be.
Sincerely,
Maryanne Stroud
Gabbani
Egypt