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most endurance rides in Europe have 2 (or 4) divisions. A  
Professional and an Amateur (CEI and CEN) competition with Junior/ 
YoungRider divisions added on for a total of 6 division. The comment  
relating to professional refers to the liabilities foreseen if the  
current "transitional measures" are applied.

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(as a footnote, there are no real issues with the 2009 FEI Rules for  
Endurance. The letter addresses side-effects of the currently defined  
transitional measures (how to move from 2008 rules to 2009 rules).  
The letter proposes an alternative that, it seems, was proposed to  
FEI and rejected. Thus this open letter)


On Feb 22, 2009, at 10:01 AM, Chrystal Woodhouse wrote:

> 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 :-)


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