Re: [RC] AERC changing to FEI like rules?? - Barbara McCrary
I sincerely hope AERC is not going to be railroaded
into adopting the whole FEI rule system. Some of the FEI rules may be good,
but by and large, I believe most AERC riders do not want more stringent
regulations. When I was on the board, I swore I would fight the adoption
of FEI rules into AERC. I'm not on the board anymore, so I cannot do much
about it. But making AERC rides into the regulation-bound FEI rides will
not be welcome by many. We're interested in the joy of exploration and
quality time with our horses, not always interested in who wins and how fast we
can go, nor whether it is illegal to whistle to a horse to get him to pee.
If this comes to pass, we have lost a lot of the joy and spontaneity of
endurance riding as it was originally conceived. Why has the sport
descended into this mess of regulations anyway? Has there been so much
degradation of the integrity of the sport that we have to regulate it to
death?
So.............I was at a ride
last wknd and was told that AERC is changing it's rules to mimic the FEI's it
had to, we had not choice etc...... when I patiently tried to explain to this
person that they may have spent a lot of time in this sport but I really did
not think he had a handle on just who exactly AERC members as a whole were and
as a whole were not too interested in FEI and really , rather an
independent lot and I just could not see rules like " no whistling to get your
horse to pee" (or a plethora of other rules he was mentioning) happening, he
gave me a withering,condescending look ( I am only now recovering) and smugly
told me that although he "wished what I said was true" I just did not get it
and FEI and AERC were going the same way, AERC had no choice.. Anyway I still
don't give the whole idea much credence but has anyone else heard/read of
changes in AERC's rule to indicate a move towards FEI type
rules???? Really as far as I am concerned an organization that cannot even get
its members to wear helmets is not going to have much chance with FEI type
laws!!!lol lol :-) :-) Just wondering............... Chrystal :-)
