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Per FEI rulebook Art. 546.2 & 537.2 modifications can be made in exceptional circumstances to distances and speeds. They specifically list heavy rain. They did make the modification of removing 2 fences but that doesn’t seem to have been enough.
16 completions to 11 el/ret? This is eventing not endurance! Eventers are already getting enough flack from PETA and humane societies. They’ll look at this event and use it against us.
Edit: and I don’t think it’s so much that the US needs better horses as it is they need better preparation. Our courses in the states don’t quite stack up with those in Europe.[/QUOTE]
Meh I’m not arguing technicalities. They removed 2 fences and 500m of course due to the weather, which alters the distances and jumping efforts required. So far the retirements are mostly run-outs/eliminations/retire and a few rider falls, one horse fall I think out of the 40 who have run. If they allowed more time then you’d just have people gunning it because the time was achievable and even more falls.
The placings will all just work out off who has the least time penalties instead of those who have none going by dressage marks.
