The Rules at Play

Alongside the FEI Equine Anti-Doping & Controlled Medication Regulations, the FEI Anti-Doping Rules for Human Athletes, the FEI Veterinary Regulations and FEI General Regulations, the FEI Statutes and the Internal Regulations of the FEI Tribunal, the FEI has Rules and Regulations governing each discipline. All Rules can be found here.

It is important that Athletes stay up to date and check the Rules on a regular basis. FEI Rules and Regulations are reviewed on a regular basis in order to reflect the needs of the sport. And in order to ensure revisions and updates are transparent and regular, the FEI has a Rules Revision Policy in place to provide a framework for consultation with the community. The current Rules Revision Policy can be found here.

Athlete Representatives are here to listen to what you have to say, and to give you a voice within the global FEI decision making process, right up to the Board and Executive Board level. 

There is one Athlete Representative per discipline which compose the FEI Athletes' Committee, they are also members of their respective discipline Technical Committee. 

It can happen that, at an FEI event, an Athlete commits an offence. In such a case, a Yellow Warning Card may be issued by certain FEI Officials. If an Athlete receives two Yellow Warning Cards within 12 months they will be suspended for a period of two months. The lists of distributed Yellow Warning Cards per discipline are available here.

Please note the following:

♦  The Yellow Warning Card is valid for all disciplines except for Endurance. 

♦  Endurance has its own Yellow Warning Card as well as a card for Incorrect Behaviour Notification.

♦  Eventing, in addition to the Yellow Warning Card, also has an Eventing Recorded Warning Card.

♦  All these cards are available for download here.

For details please see FEI General Regulations - Art. 164.3 (Yellow Warning Cards) & 164.4 (Incorrect Behaviour). FEI Endurance Rules - Art. 865.2, FEI Eventing Rules - Art. 527.

The FEI Tribunal is established under Art 38 of the FEI Statutes and is composed of a Chair and a minimum of six (6) other members, each with legal expertise, knowledge and experience of equestrian sport. Subject to a few restrictions outlined in the FEI Statutes, the FEI Tribunal decides all cases submitted to it by or through the Secretary General. These cases may be appeals or matters that are not otherwise under the jurisdiction of the Ground Jury or the Appeal Committee.

Please visit our FEI Tribunal section to access the following pages (click on the names to be redirected):

♦ Case Status Tables

♦ Equine Anti-Doping Decisions and  Human Anti-Doping Decisions

♦ Other FEI Tribunal Decisions and Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Decisions

♦ FEI Guidelines for fines and contribution to legal costs

The FEI Tack, Equipment & Dress Mobile app is a user-friendly tool where you can find all relevant and detailed information on tack and equipment.

The FEI TackApp includes the following features:

♦ Organised, easily understandable and searchable information on allowed and prohibited tack, equipment and dress in FEI Competitions.

♦ Information arranged by discipline, category and subcategory of tack and equipment.

♦ Representation of each individual piece of tack and equipment using photographs, illustrations and/or videos.

♦ All tack and equipment items are accompanied with the relevant legal basis and clearly marked as allowed or prohibited. When special conditions apply, it will be marked using an exclamation mark (!).

Please note: The designation “Not Applicable” or “N/A” means that the relevant tack, equipment or dress is either not relevant for the specific Discipline, is currently not addressed or specified in the Discipline Rule or has not yet been addressed by the FEI. Please be aware that the information provided in the Database is non-exhaustive and that new tack, equipment and dress is added to the Database on a regular basis.

How to use the FEI TackApp

Click here to get to the FEI How To platform.

Alternatively, all this information can also be accessed on the designated FEI Tack, Equipment & Dress online platform.

For further questions concerning Tack and all questions related to Branding please consult the FEI Rules and/or the FEI Stewards Manual which applies to the relevant discipline.  
 

Please note that for Olympic and Paralympic Games the IOC Guidelines regarding Authorised Identifications apply. Please consult the IOC Rule 50  applicable to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

FEI Position 
Equestrian sports involve inherent dangerous risks. To the greatest extent permitted by law, the FEI and the FEI Event Organiser shall NOT be liable for any damages relating to loss of property or injury of any kind to Athletes, Owners, Support Personnel or Horses at or in connection with an FEI Event and the FEI expressly excludes all such liability.

ATHLETES, OWNERS AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL 

Personal Accident and Health Insurance 
It is your responsibility as an Athlete/Owner/ Support Personnel to ensure that you have adequate personal accident insurance in place to cover your participation at FEI Events and in particular to insure against any personal injury or medical expenses arising from an accident, injury or illness which may occur at a FEI Event.

You should check with your National Federation to confirm if your National Federation’s insurance policy (if any) covers personal accidents and/or illnesses which may occur when you are attending at/participating in FEI Events.

If your National Federation does not have a personal accident/health insurance policy or if the National Federation’s insurance policy does not cover personal accident or health claims, then you should obtain your own personal accident and health insurance policy to cover your attendance/participation at FEI Events.

Personal Property Insurance
You should also ensure that you are insured against property loss, theft or damage which may occur at an FEI Event.

Again, the advice is to check with your National Federation to confirm if they have an insurance policy in place which would cover you in case of such property loss, theft or damage. If not, then you should obtain your own personal property insurance to cover such situations.

ATHLETES AND OWNERS

Third Party Liability Insurance

As an Athlete/Owner you are personally responsible for damages to third parties caused by you, your employees, Support Personnel, your agents or your Horses. You are, therefore, strongly advised to take out third-party liability insurance providing full coverage in relation to FEI Events at home and abroad, and to keep the policy up to date.

The FEI and the Organiser will NOT be responsible for any damage caused to third parties by you, your employees, Support Personnel, your agents or your Horses.

Horse Insurance

As an Owner you should ensure that your Horses are adequately insured against any injuries or illnesses they may sustain while participating at a FEI Event.