United States Eventing Association

FEI Update of Eventing Rules Including Athlete Categories

The FEI Bureau has approved the Eventing Committee’s proposal to update (fine-tune) the athletes qualification and categorization Eventing Rules Article 519 & 520 with immediate implementation.

The request to update this principle was motivated by issues identified in the practical implementation in the last 2 months, discussion with interested NFs and the Eventing Rider Association. The 2013 Eventing Rules were approved by the General Assembly with the request specifically from the GBR and NZL NF to update the rules should such issues be known.

The modification to the 2013 Eventing rules in regard to the Athletes Qualification is as follows:

- Provide an optional criteria to define the categorisation of athletes giving the option of five (5) results at a higher level or fifteen (15) of results at the level as currently requested.

- Change the matrix of Athletes not yet categorized at the level of the competition to allow all categorized Athletes to enter directly at the 2 star level according to their national requirements without the need of additional international qualifications – (it has become apparent that higher qualified horses, if ridden by categorized Athletes, should not need to re-qualify from the 1 star level as this could put unnecessary mileage on the horse).

- Confirm also for 2014 and on the transitory criteria of 15 results at the level and not implement the original criteria of 20.

- Change the definition of “National Athletes” to “Uncategorised International Athletes” (as it was felt by the Athletes that National Athletes was derogatory).

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NOTE: Updated lists of athletes categorization per nation taking into account the new criteria are published on the FEI website as of 20 March 2013.