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This is the way I understand it also.

Steph

p.s. he's Vice President :)

> >
> Barbara McCrary said:
>
> > How did the UAE get in on this, and what right
> >  do they have to "not support" the Mongol Derby?
> >  I didn't realize they had any connection at all
> >  to the Derby. Would someone enlighten me?
>
> I will be speculating, but here goes....
>
> The UAE "got in on this" because the Long Riders Guild (LRG) sent  
> scathing letters about the event and its organizers to the  
> President of the FEI asking her to do something about it.  Because  
> the event is not an FEI sanctioned event (and there is no way that  
> it could be) and Mongolia is not a current member of the FEI, the  
> FEI cannot officially do anything about it. And representatives of  
> the FEI (according the the LRG) informed them of this, but the LRG  
> was not satisfied and decided to throw around public accusations  
> that subsequent attempts at communication remained unreturned (and,  
> if you ask me, with good reason...it reminds me of a line from  
> Monty Python's Life of Brian "There's no pleasing some people").
>
> So I am guessing that the President of the FEI got in touch with  
> her husband who is higly placed in the UAE government (I think  
> president, but I don't keep all that straight, my bad) and asked  
> him if HE would "do something about it."
>
> And what he decided to do about it was to provide and underwrite  
> veterinary support for the horses before during and after the event  
> (thinking that this would address the stated concerns of the LRG????).
>
> So, my understanding is that the UAE government working through the  
> Mongolian government IS providing support for the horses in the  
> event, but that the FEI is not, because, well....it is not an FEI  
> event, never has been, and Mongolia is not a current member of the  
> FEI. And the FEI's only role in the whole thing was to facilitate  
> the conversations between the actual parties who are "supporting" it.
>
> >>

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