Department updates in Main Para Dressage

The Organising Committee of the FEI World Championships 2026 in Aachen would already like to share some useful information with all National Federations in order to facilitate you, your teams, athletes and horses in the best possible way. Below you will find information regarding the key contact persons within the Organising Committee, who are available should you already have questions regarding the FEI World Championships 2026.

For all sports-related questions, please contact:
Ms. Jana Kun: jana.kun@aachen2026.com.
Jana will be your main sport liaison person.

For all non-sport related issues, i.e. accommodation, accreditation, transport, please contact
Ms. Jennifer Ingenhaag : jennifer.ingenhaag@aachen2026.com. 
Jennifer will be your main non-sport liaison person.

Ticketing:
Please note that ticket sales for the Jumping and Dressage competitions have already started. Tickets can be purchased at https://tickets.aachen2026.com.
As soon as tickets for the other disciplines are available, the Organising Committee will communicate this.
For any questions regarding tickets, please contact:
Ms. Lea Sous lea.sous@aachen2026.com

Hotel / Accommodation:
The Aachen tourism service will be the official partner for hotels and accommodation. The Organising Committee  kindly asks you do not contact the hotels directly, but always go via the Aachen tourism service.
They can be contacted via:  aachen2026@aachen-tourismus.de.

Lastly, the Organising Committee would like to create a list of contacts for all correspondences regarding the FEI World Championships Aachen 2026. Please send the names and email addresses of the people you would like to see added to this mailing list, so that they can stay up to date on the latest developments.
Please send the contact details to: jennifer.ingenhaag@aachen2026.com.

The Organising Committee of the FEI World Championships in Aachen 2026 looks forward to working together with you all and is available for any questions you may have.

In order to streamline and enhance the processing of sport nationality change by the FEI, a new Application Form for Athletes aged over 18 years, is now available on Inside.FEI.org/Sport Nationality. When filled out accurately, this Application Form will enable the FEI to process requests more efficiently by:

• Reducing the email correspondence regarding the Sport Nationality application,
• Allowing the applying National Federation to identify and provide from the outset the necessary supporting documents; and
• Allowing the FEI to identify all regulatory implications of the sport nationality change for the Athlete and inform the applying National Federation accordingly.

The Sport Nationality Form includes detailed instructions. It can be filled out and signed electronically. It can also be printed, filled in by hand, and scanned before sharing with the FEI. 

Kindly ensure that going forward all Sport Nationality applications for Athletes aged over 18 years will be submitted to the FEI using this form. Incomplete, unsigned and/or undocumented applications will not be processed by the FEI.  

We wish you a very Happy New Olympic and Paralympic Year!

Please click here to read the press release announcing the publication of the Olympic and Paralympic Rankings for Paris 2024.

Thank you for your attention.

The updated Draft Schedules 2024, to be used for all International Events taking place next year, are now available on Inside.FEI.org.
Below you will find the direct links to the Draft Schedules for each Discipline as well as the relevant contact email should you require further information and/or assistance: 
Click here for Dressage
Person in charge: philippe.maynier@fei.org

Click here for Para Dressage
Person in charge: laetitia.gillieron@fei.org

Click here for Vaulting
Person in charge: laetitia.gillieron@fei.org

Click here for Driving and here for Para Driving
Contact email: driving@fei.org

Click here for Endurance
Contact email: endurance@fei.org

The online schedules for Jumping and Eventing have also been updated.
Contact email for Jumping: jumping@fei.org

Contact email for Eventing: eventingschedules@fei.org

We are pleased to inform you that the FEI will be launching a new campaign tomorrow called “Think Outside The Box” to raise awareness and provide solutions to minimise the risk of potential contamination and Equine Anti-Doping and Medication Controlled Regulations (EADMCR) violations, as well as potential health risks for horses, arising from certain behaviours and actions or lack-of in and around the stables.

Initially created to attract the attention of the key stakeholders concerned by the EADMCRs ie riders, grooms and support personnel, and in a bid to inform and educate around contamination – often an unfortunate situation that could be avoided if the right precautions had been taken - the campaign was expanded to include general best-practice recommendations to make it relevant to the wider equestrian community and promote safety and wellbeing for horses, regardless of their competition status.

A joint collaboration between the Education and Legal departments at the FEI, with very engaging and “shareable” content (you will be surprised by the video), we encourage all our stakeholders to join us in the promotion of this campaign so we can reach as many people as possible, and hopefully reduce contamination cases emanating from ill-informed behaviour, as well as providing the best practice recommendations to avoid contamination for horses out of competition and any potential health threats this might entail. 

Dedicated Hub & Digital Assets To Download – English, French & Spanish
We have created a dedicated portal - www.fei.org/think - available in three languages (English, French and Spanish) and have an array of digital assets which you can download and use on all your channels to proactively promote the campaign to you members, fans and followers. Download assets directly on www.fei.org/think #FEIThinkOutsideTheBox 

They Support Us
You will see on the portal, we have a section – They Support Us – where we have included the logos of all our Official Stakeholders, so please do let us know if you would like to be removed from this section, simply by contacting Sebastien.Goyon@fei.org and alternatively if you are not included in this section, and would like to be featured, please also contact Sebastien.Goyon@fei.org and let him know you would like to be added to that section with your logo.   

Campaign Merchandising
And finally, we have produced some bright and impactful merchandising for this campaign, which is available to all our “supporters” so please don’t to hesitate contact Sebastien.Goyon@fei.org with the relevant delivery address and we will send you a pack of stickers, caps and tote bags with campaign branding. 

Ambassadors
We are also on the lookout for ambassadors – so if you would like to nominate/introduce us to potential ambassadors for the campaign, we are open to suggestions! 

EMBARGOED
Please note all of the above is EMBARGOED until Friday 17 November 20:00 CET when the campaign is officially launched. We kindly ask that you refrain from posting any information, assets, visual, etc until 16:00 on Friday unless reposting from FEI channels.  

#FEIThinkOutsideTheBox

Para Equestrian Forum 2024

The FEI Para Dressage department would like to invite applications from National Federations who would be interested in hosting the 2024 Para Equestrian Forum. The Para Equestrian Technical Committee has suggested that the Forum should be held in early April 2024 to fit in with the competition calendar. Please see attached the guidelines for hosting the FEI Para Equestrian Forum, and please send all applications to the Para Dressage department by 30 November. 

Visual Impairment (VI) Classifications in 2024

Due to the increased numbers of Athletes attending VI Classifications in 2023, the FEI would like to invite expressions of interest from NFs to host a VI Classification alongside a CPEDI so that more FEI VI Classification events are available to Athletes. The FEI would contribute to a portion of the expenses for running the event, and would help to liaise with IBSA to secure Classifiers.

Please contact the Para Dressage department by 16 November for more information if your NF would be interested to host a VI Classification in 2024.

Classification/Compensating Aids Requests Refresher – respecting deadlines

The increase of Athletes attending Classification in 2023 shows the positive growth of Para Equestrian. We would like to remind National Federations that in 2024 the deadlines for Classification requests, Medical Review Requests and Compensating Aids Requests must be strictly adhered to as per the rules. As a reminder, Classification and Medical Review requests must be received at least six weeks in advance of the Classification event, and Compensating Aids requests at least two weeks in advance of the Event.

All forms can be found on the FEI Classification Documentation page. For any questions please contact the Para Dressage department. 

Qualification Rules 2024

The Overall Para Dressage Qualification Criteria for 2024 has been published on the FEI Para Dressage Rules page. These criteria include clarification of the requirements for an Athlete to complete a CPEDI2* prior to starting at a CPEDI3*.

The research project led by Sarah Jane Hobbs, from the University of Central Lancashire, in collaboration with Hartpury University, is now completed with the publication of the final manuscript “Towards an Evidence-Based Classification System for Para Dressage: Associations between Impairment and Performance Measures” . The team, carrying out the initial three-year project, have produced four main publications listed below and several background research projects, which are all published on the FEI Classification Research webpage.

The next steps for the FEI will be to engage and work closely with an external consultant with extensive expertise in classification across sports to undertake a two-pronged review of:

• The research conclusions and how these can be translated into improved Classification practices for Para Equestrian.
• The current FEI Para Equestrian Classification System with a best-practice view, to determine where improvements are required to the system, for example, the athlete evaluation process.

Recommendations from this review will be considered by the FEI Para Equestrian Technical Committee, FEI Classification Working Group and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Consultation with our Para equestrian community will also be undertaken to ensure we hear from all relevant stakeholders in regards to advances to the current Classification system including an implementation plan with consideration of the FEI Rules Revision cycle and Paralympic cycle, and inclusion of a transitional period for Athletes and National Federations.

We are looking for a Classification expert with relevant experience reviewing and transitioning classification systems, preferably with experience in other sports classification systems. We invite you to put forward any contacts that you may have in the domain, and please send any proposals to the Para Dressage Department by 15 October at the latest.

Please contact the Para Dressage Department for any questions or further information.

We wish to remind you that in accordance with Art. 112 of the FEI General Regulations, the dates for all 2024 International Events must be entered into the FEI online Calendar through FEI Database before 01 October. Exceptionally this year, the deadline is postponed to Monday, 02 October 2023 midnight CEST.

At 23:59 CEST on 02 October 2023, the 2024 online Calendar will be blocked. Any modification requested after the deadline will need to be addressed to the FEI by email (calendar@fei.org) using the Calendar Form available on FEI Documents.

You will find the full Memo which can also be accessed via the FEI Calendar here.

The FEI Board held a teleconference on 29 August. The main resolutions taken on this occasion are listed below.

Allocation of FEI-Named Events

FEI Dressage World Cup™ - Western European League 2024/25 (Qualifiers)
The Board allocated the FEI Dressage World Cup™ - Western European League 2024/2025 Qualifiers to the following Organisers:

• Herning (DEN), 17-20 October 2024
• Lyon (FRA), 30 October – 3 November 2024
• Stuttgart (GER), 13-17 November 2024
• Madrid (ESP), 20 and 30 November 2024
• London (GBR) 17-19 December 2024
• Mechelen (BEL), 26-30 December 2024
• Basel (SUI), 8-12 January 2025
• Amsterdam (NED), 23-26 January 2025
• Neumünster (GER), 13-16 February 2025
• Gothenburg (SWE), 20-22 February 2025
• S’Hertogenbosch (NED), 13-16 March 2025

Dressage

FEI Dressage Nations Cup™ Rules 2024
The Board approved the proposed rules for the FEI Dressage Nations Cup™ 2024. The final version will include FEI Dressage World Championships, rather than FEI World Equestrian Games™.

FEI Dressage World Cup™ Rules 2023/2024
The Board approved the proposed rules for the FEI Dressage World Cup™ 2023/2024.
Both sets of rules will be available online here.

Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Paralympic Games Appointment of the Assistant Technical Delegate
The Board approved the appointment of Hanneke Gerritsen (NED) as Assistant Technical Delegate for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
The list of Officials for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games appointed to date will be published here.

FEI Annual Report 2022
The Board approved the FEI Annual Report 2022. The Annual Report will be published online here in the coming days.