Department updates in Main Eventing

Eventing Risk Management

Following discussions on Eventing Risk Management at last month’s FEI General Assembly in Montevideo (URU), we have produced a Question & Answer document specifically on this topic which you can read here

Further to the Eventing Committee meeting and the Eventing Risk Management Steering Group, we would like to share with you the very strong recommendations to be implemented by your NFs for Eventing in regard to Risk management:

FRANGIBLE DEVICES: The use of FEI certified frangible devices releasing from horizontal force on all open rails, gates, oxers and oxer corners is strongly recommended for all national and international events. The list of approved devices can be found on the FEI website under Eventing / Risk Management. In addition, the development of new frangible technologies is encouraged at national level.

CROSS COUNTRY COURSE DESIGN GUIDELINES: As per the FEI Update sent 4 May 2017, this document has been updated and can be found on the website under Eventing / Rules. It is also available on the FEI RuleApp (available on Smartphones), regular updates will be made to the document.

VIDEO RECORDING ON CROSS COUNTRY: NFs are strongly encouraged to use video recording on XC and share video footage of all horse falls and near misses with the FEI. The collection and review of footage of horse falls will improve the understanding of the fall mechanism and help on the specific questions i.e. identifying equipment used by riders, learning from connection of falls with certain fences to be addressed as a priority.

MEDICAL MEASURES: It is strongly encouraged that medical suspension and return to play plan be implemented by NFs to allow a better follow-up of athletes having sustained a concussion or a serious injury. Concussion information for health care professionals can be found on our website under here .

In addition, officiating FEI Eventing Technical Delegates are reminded that they need to report back to the FEI on the Monday following the competition, all serious injuries and concussions to allow the FEI to notify the athlete’s and/or horse’s NFs and enable follow-up.

Therefore, the following sections of the TD report should be sent on Monday to allow an optimum follow up:   

-      Medical section E- Falls/Injuries – List of Athletes (including possible concussion)

-      Veterinary section F - Falls/Injuries – List of Horses

-      Disciplinary section  D-Sanctions, Warnings, Yellow Cards, Penalties and Fines.

FALLS REPORTS: Three additional fields have been added to the fall report in order to collect information on the use of lever bits, martingales and back (thigh) blocks in relation with falls. The updated fall report is published under Officials/Eventing/Forms and Downloads

Finally, please note that the implementation of the modified fence description form to include measurements for the leading edge is not yet available and will be finalized shortly.

Due to a lack of Team participation, the first leg of the 2017 Nations Cup Eventing Series to be organised in Montelibretti (ITA) on 21-23 April 2017 is  cancelled.

The Series will start on 18-21 May 2017 in Strzegom (POL). More information available on the following webpage: http://inside.fei.org/fei/events/fei-nations-cup-series/eventing 

The CICO3*NC, CCI1*, CCI1*U25, CIC2* Fontainebleau (FRA) 23-26 March 2017 has been cancelled, including the 1^st leg of the 2017 Nations Cup.

The French Equestrian Federation has applied to transfer the French leg of the Series to Le Pin au Haras 10-13 August 2017. This modification of Nations Cup calendar is subject to the FEI Bureau approval and a decision will be published by the end of next week.

Final FEI World Eventing Athlete Rankings 2016 - Final Rankings

1. Michael Jung (GER)
2. Phillip Dutton (USA)
3. Christopher Burton (AUS)
4. Andrew Nicholson (NZL)
5. Boyd MArtin (USA)

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

The Eventing categorisation of Athletes has been updated on 1 July 2016 and takes into account MERs obtained between 1 July 2008 and 30 June 2016.

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

500 days to the FEI European Eventing Championships in Strzegom (POL)!

The Championships run from 17^th-20^th August 2017 and Strzegom will be creating a piece of Polish history‎ as the first organiser of senior FEI European Championships in any of the Olympic disciplines.

More information is available on the following website and tickets go on sale on 17 August 2016 to mark one year to go.