FEI Eventing Committee Meets with Riders

A meeting with the riders was organised on 10 September 2004 in Blenheim (GBR) and led by Wayne Roycroft, Chairman of the Eventing Committee, who had flown over from Australia especially for the occasion. Other representatives of the Eventing Committee were Mike Etherington Smith, and David O'Connor ho had flown over from the USA.

There were approximately 75 riders in attendance, many of whom had been at Burghley the previous week-end. The meeting represented a good opportunity to discuss riders' concerns and consider the following issues:

1. The lessons to be learnt to improve communications between Technical Delegate, Ground Jury, Course Designer, and Rider Representatives
2. On-going works in the field of safety
3. Responsibilities of officials

The meeting was both productive and held in a positive atmosphere and the debate proved very useful. It was decided that ERA (Eventing Riders Association) would be invited to meet with the FEI Eventing Committee at its next meeting in Pau in October 2004, after further consideration could be given to the points raised by all parties.