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convened 7 days of physical meetings and held conference
calls almost every 14 days.
The following items were reviewed and reported on by the
Dressage Task Force:
- Review the issues surrounding the very signifi cant area of
the training and development, assessment and selection of
judges for major Championships and Olympic Games; review
of a randomised/computerised judge selection process;
- The fi tness for purpose of the method of judging Dressage
competitions in terms of the number of judges, their
positioning and the judging process;
- Review the format and participation for Olympic Games
- The system for qualifi cation for Championships, and the
receipt of Certifi cates of Capability for Championships,
World Cups, and the Olympic Games;
- Review the consultation process within the discipline in
order to determine the way it affects the structure of the
committee in order to ensure maximum involvement
by the key stakeholders, both internal to the sport and
external within the greater sporting/Olympic & Paralympic
environment;
- The issue of ‘Welfare of the horse’ was not originally
included in the tasks for the DTF but was also included
in the fi nal report as was an item entitled “series in the
dressage sport”.
JUMPING COMMITTEE
The Jumping Committee met twice during the course of 2009:
once in Lausanne on 3-4 March and once by telephone conference
on 23 September. The main items / activities included:
Jumping Rules
Several clarifi cations, corrections and minor modifi cations were
made to the Rules for Jumping Events.
FEI World Cup Jumping
The FEI World Cup Jumping Rules for the Central European
League were modifi ed to give more importance to the League
Final. The second competition of the Rolex FEI World Cup Final,
effective 2011, will be run under Art. 238.2.2 to provide a clear
classifi cation before the Final competition, easier for the public
to understand.
FEI Nations Cup Series
The series will return to the format of eight teams in the Top
League for 2011. All Top League events will be re-evaluated in
2010.
Olympic Games
The rules for the fi rst qualifying competition of the Olympic
Games were modifi ed to make the competition more
interesting. The Committee also strongly supported a proposed
modifi cation to the qualifi cation procedures specifi c to
Olympic Groups C and G.
Development of the Sport
Allowing athletes from smaller NFs the possibility to obtain
Certifi cates of Capability and points for the Rolex Rankings at
CSIOs that cannot meet the prize money requirements of 4*
events will enable the sport to grow in regions outside of Europe
and North America. CSI/CSIO requirements for North America
were established to help align the sport where possible with the
sport in Europe.
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Stewarding System
The Stewarding system has been restructured and should be
ready for implementation in 2010.
Education of Offi cials
The streamlining of Education systems will enable one integrated
system for all offi cials across all disciplines, with ongoing
evaluation and external verifi cation of procedures.
Horse Welfare and Clean Sport
The Committee will continue to monitor the situation on footing,
boot controls and hyper-sensitisation.
EVENTING COMMITTEE
Over the course of 2009, the Eventing Committee held two
meetings. The fi rst took place in Barroca d’Alva (POR) in
March; the second was a conference call in September 2009.
These meetings addressed, among others, the following:
Eventing Rules
FEI Rules for Eventing 23 rd edition amendments / updates to
be implemented 1 July 2009 and 1 January 2010.
Modifi cations/additions to the rules include the compulsory
appointment by the National Federations organising Eventing
events of a National Safety Offi cer (Art. 500.3), the use of the
term “Minimum Eligibility requirement” instead of “Qualifying
Result” (Art. 506), clarifi cation of the CIC Horse Inspections
(Art. 518.2), Eventing Risk Management Vision Statement
(Art. 519.1), Examination after a fall – Medical Fitness (Art
519.4), etc.
The Eventing Risk Management Programme
Evaluation and action plan, vision statements, progress report
(FEI database), National Safety Offi cers, etc.
FEI Eventing Education Programmes
Practical implementation of education programmes for Offi cials:
regular Offi cials course programme, education of tutors for 2009
courses, global education training programme for Offi cials and
USA NF support of Eventing education in South America.
World Cup format 2010 and rule changes
Current World Cup concept review and proposal for 2010.
2012 Olympic Games London
Appointment of Technical Delegate, Cross Country distance,
job description of Cross Country course advisor.
HSBC FEI Classics Series
Review of calendar, update of ranking rules, selection criteria, etc.
DRIVING COMMITTEE
In 2009, the FEI Driving Committee met in August in
Kecskemet. Notwithstanding the economic crisis, and
inclement weather conditions, the 2009 summer driving
season was deemed very productive. A few events were
cancelled due to lack of sponsorship but the events that
took place were well attended.
Two successful FEI World Championships were held in 2009
– the FEI World Pony Driving Championships in Greven (GER)
where 90 competitors from 18 Nations competed and the FEI