NEWS & MESSAGES
07/04 15/02
In this letter you’ll find
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Important
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Message from Manoj Jalan, India
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“Canter into Europe”: Central European Endurance Cup 2004
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Message from Suzanne Dollinger: Answer to Ian William’s letter (15th April 2004) concerning the
message of Sergio Tommasi published in newsletter 06/ 04
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Gulf News: Several riders qualified for Senior World Championship 2005
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Important Message from Manoj Jalan,
India
The Indian
Federation has been promoting Endurance riding seriously over the
last two/ three years. In our efforts to continue with the promotion of
Endurance riding we propose to host a Clinic for Endurance Officials in India during the month of August.
May request you to kindly circulate our request so that interested resource persons could get in touch
with us alternatively you
may recommend some one you consider appropriate.
Manoj Jalan
Vice President Indian NF
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“Canter into
Europe”: Central European Endurance Cup 2004
source: vdd-aktuell, april04
The following rides will count
for this Cup:
April 30 – May 2 HUN- Babolna (2 x 80 km CEI***/
80 km CEI**)
June 19 AUT- Leutschach (160 km CEI***/ 140 km/ 120 km CEI**/
100
km CEI**/ 80 km CEI**/ 60 km CEI*)
July 3 NED- Ermelo (160 km CEI*** and
others)
July 31 BEL ?
August 21 SVK- Zabreh (140 km CEI***/ 80 km CEI**)
September 4 POL- Leba (120 km CEI**/ 80
km CEI**)
October 9 GER- Göttingen (120 km CEI**/ 80 km CEI**)
Informations & Point System:
The information & point system about the Central European Endurance Cup is now
online on :
All the information is based on the *.PDF format so
please download the program “Acrobat Reader” free from www.adobe.com !
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Message from Suzanne Dollinger:
Answer to Ian William’s letter (15th April 2004) concerning the message of Sergio
Tommasi published in newsletter 06/ 04
The endurance intercontinental
newsletter was created as a vehicle for information, views and opinions concerning the endurance
sport. The newsletter is free of charge and is sent out to all those who asked for it as well as to the members of the FEI Endurance
Committee for information.
I
am not a professional journalist and
don’t know a lot about
legal matters concerning this domain. I
was just
was convinced that when a person asks for publication of
a message with his/her own signature, this
person and all the readers understands
that /or
There
have been a lot of newsletters sent
in during the last 3 years. The messages in these newsletters
were published no matter whether or not I shared the views
expressed in
them. I
published all of them to keep the discussion open.
,
Concerning Sergio Tommasi’s letter published in newsletter 06/04, my personal comments are the
following:
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I have not evaluated the accuracy of the statements
of Mr. Tommasi. With his signature under the message it is clear these
statements are published
"as he sees it" and not as
unbiased facts.
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I
personally am not happy with the way the question of the qualification criteria
had to be handled by the FEI. I hoped that the FEI Code of Conduct for the Welfare of
the Horse would have a greater impact on the
outcome than some missing words in a text. But II do not share Mr. Tommasi's comments on the person
of Ian Williams. It is a personal attack
which is in no waynot
helpful to the causes behind his message.
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It was a mistake to publish this
personal attack and spread it
to a wider public
through the newsletter.
I apologise to Mr. Williams for having done so.
My conclusions as to the future of this newsletter:
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I will continue to publish it in the
current form and hope everyone accepts it for what it intends to be.
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Messages touching the personal
integrity of anyone will no longer be published.
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I cannot guarantee for the accuracy
of the content of any message signed by another person. However, the newsletter will always
remain open for counter-declarations.
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Gulf News:
Several riders qualified for Senior World Championship 2005
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WEG JEREZ
1)Completing this event was perfectly feasible;
several of the bigger teams did so in excellent conditions. For example, of the
7 French horses, 5 were amongst the top 12, 2 were retired unhurt, none
required treatment, and the next day, none was lame and none showed any
discernible signs of having undertaken such an effort the previous day.
1)Even if a veterinary control were imposed every 5
kms, incompetence and madness would still take their toll.
The only
measure that is truly preventive is the qualification standard required. It’s
up to the FEI to raise the existing standard and impose it.
For example, I
have been saying for years that the acceptance of hired or borrowed horses in
the last weeks before an event is contrary to the equine code of rights ( ? ? ? ?) ;
I warned in 1998 : « Beware ! This is crimimal ». We all
know the outcome…
1)We love our horses, we work hard and we’re very
demanding; we shouldn’t have to put up with more controls because of the
actions of incompetent or self-seeking participants. It is they who must
improve and be taught to love and respect their horses and their sport.
By fixing
appropriate qualifying standards, the FEI has the means not to encourage
mediocrity and its ravages at this high level of competition.
1)Our refusal of greater veterinary control and
shorter events and loops is based on 25 years of experience and on the fact
that shorter loops, and shorter events, are known to make it easier for
mediocre riders to participate, to increase the overall speed and to oblige the
best riders to go at a much faster pace in order to impose themselves. The
FLORAC Endurance championship had 4 vet
gates and the best accident-free results in 20 years…
We cannot agree
with the idea that there would have been no problem had there been more vet gates:
ØIt’s wrong: a careful analysis of the 2 mortality
cases will prove this.
ØIt’s tendential: it’s a self-serving argument by
those in favour of more vet gates and shorter distances. Who are they? What
have they achieved?
Let me conclude
with 3 questions :
-Is it not time
to listen to experience and prevailing knowledge and consult the exisiting
statistics?
-Is it not time
to introduce a proper grounding in training and technique, instead of persisting in believing that Endurance is
purely a question of medecine?
-When will it be
finally understood that a World Championship is sport at its highest level -
and therefore perforce an elitist event
bringing together only the very best in the world - and not a training
ground or a garden party ?
Fond greetings;
I hope we will be able all together to have truly technical discussions – I
don’t doubt the good faith of the FEI Commission nor its commitment to further
our sport at the highest level.
Pierre CAZES
Chef d’Equipe de France d’ Endurance
(3 gold medals at World Championships/by
Team)
P.S. : If
Endurance becomes an Olympic sport, it will be thanks to the professionalism
and quality of participants, not because of a greater number of veterinary controls.
Let us once and
for all accept the idea that only the best in the world should compete at this
level (a limit of 80 or 100 entries would also increase the event’s media
impact and make life a lot easier for the organizers).
CONGRATULATIONS
to the organizers of JEREZ 2002, it was a grand and memorable event.
FRANCE (TOULOUSE) - 11-12 janvier
2003 - Hôtel NOVOTEL Centre
La Fédération
Française d'Equitation organise une réunion-débat sur l'Endurance
Internationale.
Invitations :
- par courrier
: chaque N.F
sera invitée à déléguer son Chef d'Equipe et tout responsable Endurance qu'elle
désirera envoyer.
- par internet : Tout cavalier
international sera informé et invité à participer.
- par courrier : Les membres de
la Commission FEI seront invités par la FFE.
Objectifs:
- création
association mondiale des cavaliers et chefs d'Equipe d'Endurance
- debriefing
année 2002 et WEG
- rédaction
d'une liste de propositions règlementaires à la FEI
Charges :
- Les salles de
réunions et moyens nécessaires ainsi que les buffets seront offerts par la FFE.
- Les
participants auront à leur charge le déplacement et les chambres d'hôtel hormis
les invités de la Présidente de la FFE
Organisation
des débats :
- L'ordre du
jour sera envoyé à chaque participant par mail 8 jours avant la réunion.
- Certains
points seront soumis à un vote.
- Chaque pays
aura une voix.
(traductions
Anglais-Français)
Préinscriptions
avant le 20/12/2002 : Suzanne
DOLLINGER (par mail ou fax)
During a 160 km ride held over 2 days several riders from Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi
Arabia qualified for the next year’s World Championship in the UAE.
The detailed article can be found at www.Gulf-Daily-News.com