Department updates in Main Eventing

Following the announcement on Friday 19 March regarding four FEI Jumping calendar recommendations approved by the Board, the two Board resolutions for Dressage announced on Monday 22 March, we would now like to share with you the FEI Eventing Calendar measures which have been approved by the FEI Board. Once again, these measures seek to mitigate the negative effects of Covid-19 and EHV-1, and in particular to allow as many Events as possible to take place leading up to Tokyo 2020. They will provide Athletes more opportunities to compete to obtain the Minimum Eligibility Requirements (MERs) and Confirmation Results, and to train for the Olympic Games as well as for other Championships, while for Organisers, these measures provide more flexibility to re-schedule their cancelled or postponed Events. 
The FEI Eventing Calendar measures approved by the FEI Board are:

• Application of Date Clash Rules until Tokyo 2020 (Emergency Board Resolution)

The FEI Board approved that all Eventing Event Organisers may, until the end of the Tokyo 2020 Games (Sunday 8 August 2021), organise their Events (subject to the Calendar applications deadline mentioned below) on their selected dates and no Dates Clash Rules shall apply during that time.

• Deadlines for Calendar Applications (Emergency Board Resolution)
  In order to give National Federations and Organisers more flexibility when applying for their Events in the FEI Calendar (and consequently providing more options for the Athletes to compete), the FEI Board agreed to reduce the deadlines for Calendar applications as follows:

• CCI5* L CCI4* L CCIO4* L or S: from 6 weeks to 4 weeks
• CCI4* S and all other Eventing Events: same 4 weeks deadline as approved before remains.

Please note that, as stated in the Olympic Regulations, any additional Event which has not organised a CCI4* on a regular yearly basis will be included as “non-OG MER” as per current procedure.
All the Calendar Measures for Jumping, Dressage and Eventing can be found in the FEI Covid-19 Resolutions & Decisions hub. We will also be announcing additional Calendar Measures for other disciplines in the coming days, following input from the relevant Calendar Task Forces. 

The Report and Annexes of the Online Eventing Risk Management and NSO Seminar, 23 – 24 January 2021 have been published on the FEI website.
The sessions are also available to watch on "replay".

The FEI Education & Officials Department have recently published explainer videos for the major FEI Eventing Rules Changes 2021.

These videos are mainly aimed at Officials and Athletes who are required to be up-to-date with the different rules. For the wider audience these videos will serve a rather informative purpose, providing a deeper understanding of our sport. The goal of these short videos is to highlight the most impactful rule changes and their rationale in each discipline, as well as more general regulations including the Equine Anti-Doping Controlled Medication Regulations and the Anti-Doping Rules for Human Athletes which underwent a full review in 2020.

You can access all the videos on FEI Campus by clicking on the relevant discipline pages as well as the Veterinary hub. Here are the direct links to:

• FEI Veterinary Regulations Changes 2021
• FEI General Regulations Changes 2021
• FEI Equine Anti-Doping Controlled Medication Regulations Changes 2021
• FEI Anti-Doping Rules for Human Athletes Changes 2021

The Eventing Statistics Report 2009 – 2020 has been finalised. 

It is published on the FEI website under Eventing / Risk Management: http://www.fei.org/fei/disc/eventing/risk-management

The FAQ-Tack & Equipment as well as the Cross Country guide for Officials have been updated. They are available on the FEI webiste page

As per the 2021 Eventing Rules, Article 547.2.4, the compulsory use of frangible devices on certain type of fences has been extended to all levels as from 1st January 2021.
The following MIM kits have been approved and added to the FEI register of products having met the Updated Standard for frangible/deformable cross country fences  to be used as from 1st January 2021.
FEI09SWE - Oxer   kit - 80329
FEI10SWE - Post   & Rail Kit – 80321
FEI11SWE - Post   & Rail Adjustable Kit – 80325
FEI12SWE - Post   & Rail Narrow Kit – 80322
FEI13SWE - Wall   Kit – 80324
FEI14SWE - Table   Kit- 80320
FEI15SWE - Corner   Kit – 80326
The MIM FAQs (with a list of Frangible Device Advisors) has also been updated and new videos insturctions are available.
All information is available on our website 

The Online Risk Management and NSO Seminar, 23-24 January 2021 will be live web-streamed.

The links for Saturday and Sunday are available on our website

The Eventing Categorisation of Athletes has been updated on 8 January 2021 and takes into account MERs obtained between 1 July 2012 and 31 December 2020.

The lists of categorised Athletes are available on the following webpage.

Final FEI World Eventing Athlete Rankings 2020 - Final Rankings

1. Oliver Townend (GBR)
2. Tim Price (NZL)
3. Piggy March (GBR)
4. Christopher Burton (AUS)
5. Tom McEwen (GBR)

The Eventing Zone Rankings have been updated and are available on the following webpage, click here.

2020 Leaders of the Eventing Zone Rankings:

North Western Europe: Oliver Townend (GBR)

South Western Europe: Felix Vogg (SUI)

Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia: Aleksandr Markov (RUS)

North America: Boyd Martin (USA)

Central and South America: Carlos Lobos Muñoz (CHI)

Africa and Middle East: Usman Khan (PAK)

South East Asia and Oceania: Tim Price (NZL)

Note: Eventing Zone Rankings are processed once a year and take into account results obtained between 1 January and 31 December 2020

Anne-Mette Binder (DEN) has been appointed as FEI Course Director General (CDG) for Eventing, as of 1 October 2020.

She will act as an Advisor in all matters concerning the education of FEI Eventing Officials (Judges, Technical Delegates, Course Designers and Stewards). Her assignment is for a four-year period. The FEI Eventing Dpt and Committee thank her very much in advance for having accepted this mission, as we are at a crucial moment of the Eventing Officials Education, with the upcoming new level structure. This review of the Education system  will include the split between Ground Jury member and President functions, and the format of the in-person courses. C-19 situation has highlighted the necessity of developing expanded and enhanced online education courses and tools. Anne-Mette’s extensive knowledge of the sport, her recognised experience as a top FEI Eventing Judge, as well as her background in Education in general will be of great benefit to all.