FEI will sort out endurance problems – Haya
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FEI president Princess Haya has moved to assure national federations that the globe governing torso is working hard to kind out the problems inside the sport of endurance.
Haya was commenting next a study inwards The Telegraph inwards Britain inwards which Belgian official Pierre Arnould voiced his fears for the hereafter of endurance unless the FEI reined inwards what he viewed every bit the excesses of a clutch of Middle Eastern countries.
“Everything would hold upward idyllic exactly for iii federations who shape shame on the sport,” said Arnould, inwards reference to a serial of doping infractions inwards recent years arising from horses raced inwards Dubai, Qatar too Bahrain. Concerns get got too been aired over unacceptably high fracture rates.
“The scandals get got continued unabated, the press is going wild, horses die, fractures are increasing – too side past times side calendar week the wintertime flavor begins inwards the Middle East,” Arnould said.
Arnould voiced his dissatisfaction amongst the FEI’s reply to date, saying: “While the FEI endurance committee, federations, breeders too riders get got alerted the FEI board for years to these unacceptable practices, the FEI’s exclusively reply is to do a strategic grouping amongst the draw of piece of job of studying the development of endurance for the side past times side 10 years. We demand practical, impartial police pull enforcement measures that volition cease these scandals similar a shot too permanently.”
Haya, inwards her tilt to national federations, defendant Arnould, who is a fellow member of the FEI’s Endurance Committee, of making unsubstantiated allegations, describing them every bit genuinely damaging to the sport.
Haya stressed to national federations that her steps taken personally over endurance had been quite limited.
“Immediately afterwards my election every bit FEI president inwards 2006, I officially acknowledged a potential conflict of involvement too delegated ascendance to the vice-presidents too executive board to bargain amongst whatever issues related to endurance that mightiness involve a possible conflict.
“I get got maintained that approach throughout my entire fourth dimension inwards office. All of the people who are authorised to grip issues related to endurance get got my amount confidence. I know that they volition do what they intend is right, without regard to my views.”
Haya said several dominion changes proposed at the 2012 Sports Forum were ultimately approved past times the FEI General Assembly that year. All were designed to safeguard the welfare of endurance horses at FEI events, patch nurturing the expansion of the sport its specific needs, she said.
The start vice-president, secretarial assistant general, too the veterinary too endurance directors had made several visits to the United Arab Emirates to hash out the means forward, she said.
Proposed rules changes for 2014 were discussed final June during a two-day Endurance Committee coming together inwards Lausanne, Switzerland.
They include restricting the number of grooms inside the vet gate, increasing the remainder catamenia for horses, reinforcing the independence of unusual officials, too refining the qualifying requirements for handling veterinarians. The commission too recommended the institution of an endurance injuries study.
Haya said she responded to concerns expressed before this twelvemonth past times several national federations past times calling an endurance circular tabular array meeting, giving rising to the Endurance Strategic Planning Group (ESPG), tasked to position the problems inside the dependent area too to come upward up amongst venture structural solutions.
The planning grouping was empowered to address whatever number that it believed warranted a closer await too was costless to recommend whatever dominion alter or other action, Haya said.
Planning grouping chairman Andrew Finding volition caput a European Equestrian Federation delegation that volition wing to the United Arab Emirates for side past times side week’s endurance seminar inwards Abu Dhabi, she added.
The planning grouping volition acquaint its intermediate findings at the especial endurance session at the General Assembly inwards Montreux on Nov 6.
“We desire this session to hold upward fully interactive too then that the ESPG tin head to your comments and, where appropriate, integrate that feedback into its recommendations.”
Haya continued: “I desire to locomote into really clear to you lot that the FEI too the relevant bodies of the FEI get got been taking their responsibleness really seriously. They are addressing the problems that the dependent area of endurance is facing inwards the proper way.
“It is frustrating non to hold upward able to react every bit speedily every bit individuals too the media can, exactly every bit a democratic organisation too a governing body, nosotros demand to honour democratic processes too bring the fourth dimension to reckon all relevant elements.
“We cannot e'er motion every bit swiftly every bit nosotros would similar to, exactly I laissez passer on you lot my guarantee that I am absolutely committed to ensuring that the FEI finds the structured solutions that are needed.”
She said FEI officials too staff were working hard to notice solutions. “I telephone vociferation upward upon you lot all to assist your FEI inwards this hard task.”
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