Belgian coach under fire from FEI over endurance remarks

Belgium’s national coach, Pierre Arnould, is inward problem amongst the FEI afterwards publicly expressing his fears for the sport of endurance over the grade of infractions inward the Middle East.

FEI Secretary General Ingmar de Vos scolded Arnould, who is a fellow member of the FEI Endurance Committee, accusing him of making unsubstantiated allegations most the sport. In doing so, Arnould had brought the sport together with the FEI into disrepute, de Vos claimed.

The reply past times de Vos followed a study published inward The Telegraph on Oct 16, inward which Arnould voiced fears that endurance racing could travel out extinct if the FEI could non solve the problems inward the Middle East.

The study made it clear that Arnould’s concerns centred on welfare issues inward the Middle East, where the number of doping infractions together with fracture rates resulted inward several European national federations voicing concerns.

He singled out Dubai, Qatar together with Bahrain every bit nations of concern, suggesting the sport would hold upwards idyllic if non for their infractions.

Arnould was unimpressed past times the FEI’s reply to the problem, saying: “While the FEI endurance committee, federations, breeders together with riders stimulate got alerted the FEI board for years to these unacceptable practices, the FEI’s alone reply is to do a strategic grouping amongst the describe of studying the evolution of endurance for the adjacent 10 years.

“We require practical, impartial constabulary enforcement measures that volition cease these scandals forthwith together with permanently.”

The Telegraph revealed today that it had approached Arnould for an interview on the dependent afterwards it had been leaked inward an electronic mail he had written to the strategic group.

De Vos said he did non convey Arnould’s comments.

Arnould stated publicly that the FEI Bureau had rejected proposals pose forwards past times the Endurance committee. This was untrue, de Vos said.

Arnould had spoken every bit a fellow member of the FEI Endurance Committee without either mandate or consultation, said de Vos, adding that the chair of the commission had written to Arnould on the issue.

“Like all FEI commission members, Mr Arnould signed a non-disclosure document together with a proclamation agreeing to back upwards together with actively endorse FEI policies.

“As an individual, Pierre Arnould tin speak his mind, but he cannot speak on behalf of an FEI commission without consulting its chair together with his immature human being members.

“This is non merely a legal issue. His actions exhibit a amount lack of abide by for his colleagues on the committee, but also for other volunteers inside our organisation. Mr Arnould is inward clear breach of this signed understanding together with his conduct is totally unacceptable.”

De Vos said he was looking into whether whatsoever farther activity needed to hold upwards undertaken.

“In reply to Mr Arnould’s statement, I nation categorically that the FEI is working to address the issues inward endurance together with has been for approximately time.”

He said the FEI undertook a amount review of endurance rules inward 2012 inward club to address the issues that arose from the rigid increment inward the discipline.

The FEI, he said, was clearly fully committed to safeguard the farther evolution of endurance, pointing to the circular tabular array session held before this year, the creation of the strategic grouping together with the maiden off of its injuries surveillance study.

In grooming for adjacent month’s General Assembly, the FEI president has sent a disputation on endurance to all fellow member National Federations today, de Vos said.

Three European federations, Switzerland, Kingdom of Belgium together with France, stimulate got led the accuse over the grade of infractions inward the Middle East.

The caput of the endurance strategic planning group, British Equestrian Federation master copy executive Andrew Finding, has talked of putting inward house a conception to “substantially reduced malpractice”, piece ensuring the levels of supervision, administration together with regulation were correct for a global sport.

“At its pump volition hold upwards a telephone phone for cultural change, for skilful governance together with self discipline,” Finding said.

The Telegraph reports that Arnould’s electronic mail suggested the grouping had together with then far delivered a “list of platitudes” that solve zip together with could rot the icon of the equestrianism.

 

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