A Letter To My European Horsey Readers
Dear Friends And Colleagues,
I know I can be sort of a pain sometimes, but a while ago I sent out a note asking you all to help assure the success of the upcoming, first ever, Dressage Systems Trials to be held in Aachen, Germany on September 7-9. I posted my letter on Dover’s World, sent it out to both the IDTC and IDRC memberships, and have bugged a few close friends about it since.
Now here’s the thing. We Dressage riders and trainers have been complaining about irregularities in the judging of our sport since I began competing (and you all now how long ago that was!) and here is all of our chance to actually do something substantive about it. All we still need are riders and horses from the neighboring countries to come and ride through either Grand Prix (hopefully) or the Small Tour. You will not be formally critiqued in public and will have your travel expenses and accomidations payed for. Most importantly, you will be helping to write a new page, I hope, in the history of our sport - one that the world can be proud of.
I hope you all agree with me on the importance of this event and that those who choose through their apathy not to take part should never complain again if no modernization or modification to our present system occurs in the future.
So, PLEASE, contact Trond Asmyr (trond.asmyr@fei.org) immediately to join us as we attempt together to bring our sport of Dressage into the 21st century.
Best regards!
Robert Dover
