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Good comments re: FEI and alternatives
for Europe...however one thing that stuck  with me from the letter
to FEI from France was that "most of the endurance riders were professionals"
, so a totally different mindset than " go out and have a great time
on your best friend/backyard horse " kind of situation. Probably "to
finish is to win" not so attractive when lots of $ is at stake!! Can
you imagine a TB owner telling a jockey to go out/take it slow/have a great
time???:-) ;-)       Not that the European way is bad...just
different,and probably  a lot of that has to do with the fact that
the "average" person does not and will never own a farm/land
, be able to afford horses etc.............,we are so very,very lucky in
North America.:-)

Chrystal :-)