Our colleagues from the New Zealand based equestrian website Horsetalk weighed in on the important matters that will be discussed and voted upon at the fast approaching 2011 FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Progress on a trimmed down FEI? A little blood on dressage horses? Neil Clarkson waxes lyrical on where headway can be expected as FEI nations prepare to gather in Rio de Janeiro for their annual General Assembly.
The statue of Christ the Redeemer towers over Rio de Janeiro, his arms outspread as a symbol of peace. Comparative peace, it seems, may fall once again upon the General Assembly of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI).
The only issue with real potential for fisticuffs - a more relaxed blood rule in top-level dressage competition - appeared for a time to be building some momentum.
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At the moment the petition at no-fei.com against the blood rule has 17,201 signatures of which 14,224 are confirmed by email. Renowned riders and trainers who have signed the petition are Laura Bechtolsheimer, Steffen Peters, Guenter Seidel, Klaus and Anabel Balkenhol, Kyra Kyrklund, Fiona Bigwood, Anders Dahl, Lone Jorgensen, Antonia Ax:son Johnson, Wayne Channon, Andrew McLean, Linda Parelli, Linda Tellington-Jones, Walter Zettl and Richard White.
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