Uproar at FEI proposal to allow horses to compete on bute
Should riders be allowed to compete on horses that have been given a small amount of bute?
That has been the subject of heated discussion this afternoon at a meeting of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The liveliest debate during a meeting to unveil the FEI's completed work on "clean sport" centred on the proposal for a complete policy shift to allow horses to compete on low levels of painkillers.
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