Department updates in Main Eventing

Further to the request of Athletes, Organisers and Officials, the Eventing Committee has agreed to the following clarification to ensure consistency of the application of the 2019 Eventing rules Art 549.2 – Run-out – Missing a flag as follows:

For reference: “2019 Eventing Rules Art 549.2      Run out - missing a flag :

a) Run-Out: A Horse is considered to have run out (20 penalties) if, having been presented at an element or obstacle on the course, it avoids it in such a way that the body of the Horse (head, neck, shoulders and pelvis – legs are not included) fail to pass between the extremities of the element or obstacle as originally flagged. Continuing on course without representing will incur elimination.

b) Missing a flag: A Horse is considered to have missed a flag (15 penalties) if the Horse jumps the dimension of the obstacle and the majority of the Horse’s body (as defined above) passes through the flags. This means that some part of the body is not inside the flags (e.g. one shoulder, or one shoulder and part of one hip).

c) The Horse will have successfully negotiated the fence, if the body of the Horse (as defined above) has passed the fence as originally flagged (i.e. the body but not all the legs are inside the flag is considered clear).”

The Eventing Committee has agreed that the following considerations must be taken into account when judging the run-out /flag situation on Cross Country:

1.    The Fence Judge is responsible for taking a decision as to a penalty to be awarded to the combination

2.    Knocking down a flag will not entail an automatic penalty

3.    The Ground Jury will only review any specific requests for clarification made by a Fence Judge or an Athlete after the penalty has been awarded

4.    Video reviews should be done immediately by the TD and/or GJ if there is a doubt, not left until after the XC so scores can be published and updated during competition

5.    When reviewing a video, it must be easy to decide if the horse is inside the flags, if it is necessary to review several times, the decision should be made in favour of the rider.

6.    As always if there is a doubt give the benefit of the doubt to the competitor.

7.    15 penalties on Cross Country will maintain the MER on Cross Country

The MIM 45° - 90° Corner kit has been added to the FEI register of products having met the standard for minimum strength of frangible/deformable cross country fences.
The FEI Registration number given is FEI08SWE.
The register of products is published on our website under the Eventing / Risk Management section

The Eventing Categorisation of Athletes has been updated on 1 January 2019 and takes into account MERs obtained between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2018.

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

The Calendar of the 2019 FEI eventing Nations Cup Series has been approved by the FEI Board Members during their in-person meeting in Bahrain (November 2018):

Leg 1 – Houghton Hall (GBR) 23-26 May 2019 CCIO4*-NC-S

Leg 2 – Pratoni Del Vivaro (ITA) 5-8 June 2019 CCIO4*-NC-S

Leg 3 – Strzegom (POL) 27-30 June 2019 CCIO4*-NC-S

Leg 4 – Camphire Cappoquin (IRL) 24-29 July 2019 CCIO4*-NC-S

Leg 5 – Le Pin au Haras (FRA) 8-11 August 2019 CCIO4*-NC-S

Leg 6 – Waregem (BEL) 19-22 September 2019 CCIO4*-NC-S

Leg 7 – Boekelo (NED) 10-13 October 2019 CCIO4*-NC-L

Note: A minimum of three teams must compete at each Event of the Series in order to validate the competition as a Nations Cup.

The Eventing categorisation of Athletes has been updated on 1 July 2018 and takes into account MERs obtained between 1 July 2010 and 30 June 2018.

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

As you may know, this is an election year for the FEI Athlete Representatives in all the FEI disciplines. We have recently reached out to all the eligible athletes and we would like to enlist the community to help us encourage and motivate eligible athletes to come forward and nominate themselves.

The FEI Athlete representative carries a four year term (non-renewable) and is a member of the FEI Discipline Committee and also member of the FEI Athletes Committee with all the other athlete representatives. This position is a really important and vital role providing a voice to your community within the global decision making process.

We have a dedicated page on InsideFEI with all the relevant information around elections.

Timeline & Deadlines

1 May, 23:59 CEST         Deadline to submit Application

8 May                            Names and supporting documents of Candidates for the Athlete Representative positions will be published

29 July                          Online voting process opens on inside.fei.org (see eligibility criteria above)

23 September                Online voting process closes

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Julie.schlaefli@fei.org

The report and annexes of the 2018 Eventing Risk Management Seminar have been published under Eventing / Risk Management