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MINUTES & ANNEXES

Rabat (MAR)

23–27 April 2002

TABLE OF CONTENTS Page COMPOSITION OF THE BUREAU I HONORARY MEMBERS II HONORARY DELEGATES III ATTENDANCE LIST IV NFs PRESENT OR REPRESENTED V-IX GUESTS X-XI EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY 1. ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT 1-2 2. ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF MAR NF 2 3. QUORUM 2 4. NOMINATION OF SCRUTINEERS 3 5. CHANGES TO THE COMPOSITION OF REGIONAL GROUPS 3 ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY 1. QUORUM 4 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE 2001 GENERAL ASSEMBLY 4 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 4 4. PRESIDENT’S ANNOUNCEMENTS 4 5. NOMINATION OF SCRUTINEERS 4 6. APPROVAL OF THE ANNUAL REPORT 4 7. ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTS 4-5 8 DISCHARGE OF THE BUREAU 5 9. APPROVAL OF FINANCIAL CHARGES FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2002 5 10. APPROVAL OF ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS FRO 2003 6 11. APPROVAL OF THE BUDGETS FOR 2002 6 12. AFFILIATIONS 6

13. SUSPENSION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP 6

14. RE-ELECTIONS AND ELECTIONS 6-7 15. APPROVAL OF APPOINTMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS 7-8 16. STRATEGIC PLANNING MATTERS 8 17. SPORTS DEVELOPMENT 8 18. SPONSORSHIP 8-9 19. TV & MARKETING 9 20. OLYMPIC GAMES 9-10 21. WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES 10 22. JUMPING 11-12 23. DRESSAGE 12-13 24. EVENTING 13 25. DRIVING 14 26. ENDURANCE 14 27. VAULTING 14 28. PONY RIDERS 14 29. CHILDREN 15 30. REINING 15 31. WORLD CUPS 15-16 32. NATIONS CUP 16-17 33. VETERINARY MATTERS 17-18 34. LEGAL MATTERS 18-19 35. PUBLIC AND MEDIA RELATIONS 19-20 36. ITEMS RAISED BY NFs 20 37. OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY 20 38. INFORMATION ON ALLOCATION OF CHAMPIONSHIPS 20-21 39. ACCEPTANCE OF CALENDAR 21 40. WELFARE OF THE HORSE 21 41. ETHICS 21

42. GENERAL ASSEMBLY 21-22 43. MISCELLANEOUS 22 ANNEX I Jumping Committee Report 23-25

ANNEX II Dressage Committee Report 26

ANNEX III Eventing Committee Report 27-30

ANNEX IV Eventing Committee’s Final Report on Future of Eventing 31-37

ANNEX V Driving Committee Report 38-39

ANNEX VI Endurance Committee Report 40

ANNEX VII Vaulting Committee Report 41

ANNEX VIII Pony Riders Committee Report 42

ANNEX IX Children’s Committee Report 43

ANNEX X Reining Committee Report 44

ANNEX XI World Cup Jumping Report 45

ANNEX XII World Cup Dressage Report 46

ANNEX XIII World Cup Driving Report 47

ANNEX XIV Nations Cup Report 48

ANNEX XV Judicial Committee Report 49-50

ANNEX XVI ILPH Presentation 51-58

ANNNEX XVII Open Forum 59-61

ANNEX XVIII Business Plan - Executive Summary 62-65

ANNEX XIX Development Workshop – Report 66-67

ANNEX XX List of Abbreviations 68

- I - COMPOSITION OF THE BUREAU, as per 1 May 2002 HRH the Infanta Doña Pilar de Borbón (ESP) President Mr Freddy Serpieri (GRE) 1st Vice President (Group I) Mr Leopoldo Palacios Jugo (VEN) 2nd Vice President (Group V) Mr Guilherme de Moraes Sarmento (BRA) Treasurer Dr Douk-Kee Ahn Member (Group VIII) Mr Shael Bin Khalifa Al Kuwari (QAT) Member (Group VII) Mrs Jane Forbes Clark (USA) Member (Group IV) Dr Hanfried Haring (GER) Member (Strategic Planning) Mr Ernst Holtz (RSA) Member (Group IX) Prof Leo B. Jeffcott (GBR) Member (Veterinary) Mr Ken Lalo (ISR) Member (Judicial) Dr Pablo Tomas Mayorga (ARG) Member (Group VI) Mr Jack Pemberton (CAN) Member (Driving) Mr Olaf Petersen (GER) Member (Jumping) Dr Elena Petushkova (RUS) Member (Group III) Mr Wayne Roycroft (AUS) Member (Eventing) Mr Frank H. Schreve (NED) Member (Group II) Dr Hallvard Sommerseth (NOR) Member (Endurance) Mrs Mariette Withages (BEL) Member (Dressage)

- II - HONORARY MEMBERS as per 1 May 2002 Honorary Presidents H.R.H. The Prince of the Netherlands Netherlands

H.R.H. The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Great Britain

H.R.H. The Princess Royal, GCVO Great Britain

Honorary Vice Presidents Mr Pedro O. Mayorga Argentina

Count Dieter Landsberg Velen Germany

Prof Vittorio de Sanctis Italy

Dr Noel Vanososte Venezuela

Mr Tsunekazu Takeda Japan

Honorary Members of the Bureau Mr Fritz O. Widmer Switzerland

Mr Jaap Rijks Netherlands

General Manuel Rodriguez Velis Chile

General Saad Khalifa Egypt

Mr Nicholas D. Williams Great Britain

Mr Wolfgang Niggli Switzerland

Mr William C. Steinkraus United States of America

Mr José Alvarez de Bohorques Spain

The Right Hon. The Lord Carew Ireland

Mr Loic-Jean Le Masne de Chermont France

HRH Prince Faisal ibn Abdullah Mohammed Al Saud Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Mr Eric Lette Sweden

- III - HONORARY DELEGATES

Lt. Col. Charles M. Adderley 1971 Great Britain

Mr Larbi Ben Asissa Kanabi 1990 Morocco

Mr Rashid Bin Ali Al Riyami 2001 Oman

Mr Johan Borup 1996 Finland

Mr Yahia Bouabid 1971 Algeria

Mr Karl-Heinz Breitsprecher 1982 Germany

Mr William Brodnax 1993 Virgin Islands

Mr Sandor Butor 1981 Hungary

Mr Wladyslaw Byszewski 1992 Poland

The Right Hon. The Lord Carew 1994 Ireland

Mrs Anita Detry 1989 Guatemala

Prof Dr. Habil Dietrich Flade 1982 Germany

Mr Shozo Hara 1997 Japan

Dr Bo Helander 1995 Sweden

Col. Fritz Jiresch 1972 Austria

Gen. Saad Khalifa 1981 Egypt

Mr Dumitru Nedela 1984 Rumania

Mr Frank O'Reilly 1978 Ireland

Mr Jaap Rijks 1986 Netherlands

Gen. Manuel Rodriguez Velis 2002 Chile

Mr Ulf Rosengren 1996 Sweden

Prof. Vittorio de Sanctis 1994 Italy

Mr Tsunekazu Takeda 1998 Japan

Dr Noel Vanososte 1995 Venezuela

Mr Georges Wagner 1992 Luxemburg

- IV - ATTENDANCE LIST BUREAU HRH the Infanta Doña Pilar de Borbón President

Mr Freddy Serpieri 1st Vice President

Mr Tsunekazu Takeda 2nd Vice President

Mr Guilherme de Moraes Sarmento Treasurer

Mr Shael Bin Khalifa Al Kuwari Member

Mrs Jane Forbes Clark Member

Prof. Leo B. Jeffcott Member

Mr Ernst Holtz Member

Mr Leopoldo Palacios Jugo Member

Mr Jack Pemberton Member

Mr Olaf Petersen Member

Dr Elena Petushkova Member

Gen. Manuel Rodriguez Velis Member

Mr Wayne Roycroft Member

Mr Frank H. Schreve Member

Dr Hallward Sommerseth Member

Dr Bo Helander Secretary General HONORARY BUREAU MEMBERS

The Right Hon. The Lord Carew

Count Dieter Landsberg-Velen

Mr Wolfgang Niggli

Dr Noel Vanososte

EXCUSED

Mr Ken Lalo Member

- V -

NFs PRESENT OR REPRESENTED

ALGERIA Yahia Bouabid Tahar Zennadi ANTIGUA Trina Delisser AUSTRALIA Ellen Edmonds-Wilson Russel Withers AUSTRIA Franz Spadinger AZERBAIJAN Basirat Guliyev Mahir Muradov BAHRAIN Cheikh Abd. Al Khalifaf Yousef Al Kalasi BARBADOS Alison Elliot BELGIUM Ingmar De Vos BERMUDA Michael Cherry BRAZIL Camillo Jr. Ashcar BRUNEI Rubyanto Hamidjojo Abdul Wahab Hj Jakiah CANADA Don Adams Edward Kendall Terrance Millar CHILE Felix Halcartegaray CHINA Cai Jiadong Chang Wei COLOMBIA Yolanda Matallana DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF George Forrest CONGO Jean-Michel Turlot COSTA RICA Ricardo Rojas Jr CROATIA Zeliko Krasovec CZECH REPUBLIC Jaroslav Pechacek Annamaria Kolarova CYPRUS Kyriacos Kozakis DENMARK Svend Aage Jensen Flemming Velin

- VI -

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC José Ramos ECUADOR Proxy CHI EGYPT Wafik Hemdan Samy Negm El Din EL SALVADOR Bernardo Lopez Davidson ESTONIA Siim Nommoja Riina Pill Heiti Häal FINLAND Fred Sundwall FRANCE Jacqueline Reverdy Laurent Cellier François Lucas Margit Otto-Crépin GERMANY Dieter Graf Landsberg-Velen Hanfried Haring GREAT BRITAIN Philip Billington Andrew Finding John Hudson GREECE Aris Mylonas Isidoros Kouvelos HAITI Acédius Saint-Luis HONDURAS Toya Kluck Baas Floor Kluck HUNGARY Karoly Fugly INDIA Manoj Jalan Lt. Gen. Krishan Pal Col. Gyan Swarup Puri IRAN Mehdi Nikooie Reza Davarzan IRELAND Avril Doyle ITALY Marco Danese JAMAICA Betty Wates Anthony Pasmore JAPAN Shinichiro Shimojo Ko Tokuda JORDAN Ghalia Nooreddin

- VII - KAZAKHSTAN Alexander Machkevich Sergey Buikevich KENYA Mary Binks Ann Abercromby Dick David Gray KOREA Douk-Kee Ahn Il Hong Kim KYRGYZSTAN Sadyr Mamitov Bolot Omuraliev Farida Abliamitova SAUDI ARABIA Saud Akeel LATVIA Agris Blaus Kristine Lisovska Edgars Treibergs LEBANON Proxy EGY LESOTHO Moneoang Makoele LIBYA Abulmajid Abushkewa Mohamed Shalabi LIECHTENSTEIN Proxy ITA LITHUANIA Proxy EST MALAYSIA Mou Soon Maj Yap MEXICO Patricio Zambrano MOROCCO Abdelhaziz Barakat Najib Benamour NETHERLANDS Martin Van den Heuwel George L. De Jong Jacques Schoufour NETHERLANDS ANTILLES Ruperto M. Torres Sergio A. Torres Shaida El Hage NEW ZEALAND Ronald Trotter Larry Graham NORWAY Per Gulaker Kjell Myhre OMAN Lt. Col. Alshahawarzi Abdulla Bin Said Al Rushdi

- VIII - PALESTINE Muhammad Zakaria Alami Alison Hamad PANAMA Proxy ESA PARAGUAY Françoise Bercet-Cote POLAND Wojciech Markowski Marek Zaleski PORTUGAL Eduardo Netto de Almeida Manuel Bandeira de Melo PUERTO RICO Bohdan Chester Hryniewicz Hector M. Gandia QATAR Khalid Safar Al Hajiri Mohamed Minhali REP. SOUTH AFRICA Diane Paul ROMANIA Proxy GRE RUSSIA Elena Baturina Alexander Dmitrienko Vladimir Salamaikin SAN MARINO Sergio Michelotti SENEGAL François Bouhyer SLOVAKIA Robert Fekar SPAIN Luis Figueroa Alejandro Landaluce Ramona Lopez Lax SUDAN Faud A. Mekki SWEDEN Sven Tolling Jan Wannius SWITZERLAND Alain Guillet Charles Barrelet SYRIA Adnan Al-Khani CHINESE TAPEI Jack Huang Kevin Wang TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Proxy BAR TUNESIA Ahmed Bedoui TURKEY Sencer Günessoy UKRAINE Iryna Musiyenko

- IX - URUGUAY Proxy BRA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Maj. Brian C. Dunn Faissal Seddiq M. Samea Al Mutawi UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Alan Balch Sherry Frank VENEZUELA Proxy MEX YUGOSLAVIA Stevan Mitic ZAMBIA Proxy KEN ZIMBABWE Proxy RSA

X

GUESTS Sue ADAMS IPEC (International Paralympic Equestrian Association)

Susan Jane ANSTEY IAEJ (International Alliance of Equestrian Journalists)

Alex ATOCK ILPH (International League for the Protection of Horses)

Assimakis ASSIMAKOPOULOS ATHOC

Simon BROOKS-WARD SPC (Strategic Planning Committee)

Robert HINKLE USA 2006 WEG Bidding Committee

Sjef JANSSEN IDTC (International Dressage Trainer Club)

Nicolas KARIDIS ATHOC

Frank KEMPERMAN IEOA (International Equestrian Organisers Alliance)

Andrew KIM Samsung

Jan-Willem KOERNER IEOA

Manfred LOUVEN Walfried Stables

Cayetano MARTINEZ DE IRUJO IJRC (International Jumping Riders Club)

Jonny MC IRVINE ILPH (International League for Protection of Horses)

Tatjana MOLCHANOVA Consultant

Lucia MONTANARELLA 2002 WEG OC

Michael MRONZ GER 2006 WEG Bidding Committee

John NICHOLSON USA 2006 WEG Bidding Committee

Dr Eleonora OTTAVIANI IJRC

Cesare QUEVEDO 2002 WEG OC

Gotthilf RIEXINGER IEOA

Ulf ROSENGREN Samsung

Michael SEO Samsung

John SMALES ILPH

Jonquil SOLT IPEC

Gerrit Jan SWINKELS IEOA

Don TREADWAY AQHA

Dan WALL AQHA

Ulf WILKEN IPEC

International Press

Pamela YOUNG

Tokiko OKUBO

Terry WISHART

Katrina BARCLAY

Melvin COX

- XI -

Observers from hosting NF

Nawal EL MOUTAWAKEL

Fatima HASSAR

Ahmed MOUSSAOUI

Mehdi OUAZZANI

MINUTES OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY Rabat (MAR), 26-27 April 2002 Page 4

ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1. QUORUM

The quorum was attained.

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE 2001 GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The minutes of the 2001 General Assembly, held in San Francisco (USA), were unanimously approved.

3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

The President announced that since several participants at the present Assembly had to depart for the 2002 WEG Endurance Test Event in Jerez, point 26 (Endurance) and 33 (Veterinary matters) might need to be moved up on the agenda. The agenda was then approved.

4. PRESIDENT’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

The President had no special announcements to make.

5. NOMINATION OF SCRUTINEERS

The Assembly agreed to keep the same scrutineers as those nominated for the Extraordinary General Assembly.

6. APPROVAL OF ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUREAU

The General Assembly unanimously approved the Bureau’s report for 2001.

7. ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTS 2001 7.1. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE TREASURER’S REPORT

The Treasurer highlighted some important points of his written report in the form of a slide show. In his introductory comments, he mentioned that despite the outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in Europe and the events of September 11, the year ended with a surplus of CHF 760,142. This was due to revenue increases above the budgeted amounts and to cost control.

In reviewing the overall financial situation of the FEI, he noted the very good liquidity position and the accounts receivable, which had increased by the end of the year, but which were at a normal level again at this point. He mentioned the reserves which had increased from CHF 3,369,000 in 1997 to CHF 7,787,000 in 2001. He also reported that the Development Fund stood at CHF


877,068 at the end of the year, after an allocation of CHF 250,000 in 2001 and after deduction of the amounts spent during the year.

Referring to the Income Statement, he mentioned that income was almost CHF 1.4 million higher than budgeted, while expenditure was CHF 1.2 million over the budget. On the income side, higher marketing and TV fees, organising dues, calendar & franchising fees and the sale of more passports and other printed matters contributed to the increase. On the expense side, he mentioned a substantial loss in the FEI’s portfolio of securities due to the September 11 events. About one half represented a genuine loss due to the bankruptcy of the Swissair Group (bonds held in the portfolio). The other half represented a paper loss due to the FEI’s accounting rules. This should be corrected over time, once the markets went up or at the maturity of the bonds concerned. TV and marketing expenses go up, mostly as a change of accounting rules. These increases were partly compensated by a decrease in travel expenses.

Looking ahead, the Treasurer stated that the FEI was in a healthy financial situation for the remainder of the Olympic quadrennium (2000 – 2003) and that 2002 should again show good results due mainly to the income from the 2002 World Equestrian Games.

The Delegate from the PUR NF questioned whether the accounts of the FEI should in the future be kept in Euros instead of Swiss francs, as the former was now the currency of Europe. The Treasurer replied that accounting in Swiss francs was a legal requirement for an entity based in Switzerland, but that possibly some comparisons could be made in Euros.

As there were no further questions or comments, the Assembly approved the Treasurer’s report and the allocation of CHF 760,142.00 to the Operating funds.

7.2. APPROVAL OF ACCOUNTS AND OF AUDITORS’ REPORT

The General Assembly unanimously approved the Accounts for the Financial year 2001 and the Auditors’ report.

8. DISCHARGE OF THE BUREAU

The General Assembly unanimously gave discharge to the Bureau for the year 2001.

9. APPROVAL OF FINANCIAL CHARGES FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2002

The General Assembly unanimously approved the Financial charges for the current year.

It also approved the request of the Indonesia NF, supported by the Finance Committee and the Bureau, to be assigned to Level 5 for the purpose of annual subscriptions.


10. APPROVAL OF ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR 2003

The General Assembly approved the proposal to leave the Annual Subscriptions unchanged for 2003.

11. APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET FOR 2002

Following a presentation of the budget for the current year by the Treasurer, the General Assembly approved the operational and the investment budgets for 2002.

12. AFFILIATIONS 12.1. APPROVAL OF NEW MEMBERS

The General Assembly approved the following new National Federations:

NF of Yugoslavia (YUG), Group I, Financial level 6

NF of Malawi (MAW), Group IX, Financial level 6

NF of Lesotho (LES), Group IX, Financial level 6

NF of Madagascar (MAD), Group IX, Provisional affiliation

The re-affiliation of the NF of Iraq was still pending.

12.2. ASSOCIATE MEMBERS TO BECOME FULL MEMBERS

The General Assembly approved the change of status from Associate Member to Full Member of the following National Federations:

NF of American Samoa (ASA), Group IV, Financial level 6

NF of Haiti (HAI), Group IV, Financial level 6

NF of Malta (MLT), Group I, Financial level 6

NF of Nicaragua (NIC), Group V, Financial level 6

NF of Swaziland (SWZ), Group IX, Financial level 6

13. SUSPENSION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP

The General Assembly acknowledged the suspension of the federations of the Bahamas and Mongolia for non-payment of the Annual Subscription.

14. RE-ELECTIONS AND ELECTIONS 14.1. BUREAU MEMBERS

The FEI President, HRH The Infanta Doña Pilar de Borbón (ESP), was re-elected for a four-year term by acclamation.


Mr Freddy Serpieri (GRE) was re-elected as 1st Vice President. Mr Leopoldo Palacios (VEN) was elected as 2nd Vice President. Prof. Leo Broof Jeffcott (GBR) was re-elected as Chairman of the Veterinary Committee. The mandate of Mrs Jane Forbes Clark (USA) was extended for one year as Acting Chairman of the Reining Committee. Mr Frank Schreve (NED) was re-elected as Chairman of Group II Mr Pablo Mayorga (ARG) was elected as Chairman of Group VI in replacement of the outgoing Bureau Member, Gen. Manuel Rodriguez Velis (CHI). Mr Douk-Kee Ahn (KOR) was elected as Chairman of Group VIII in replacement of Mr Tsunekazu Takeda (JPN) who was made Honorary Vice President. The Honorary Vice President, Count Dieter Landsberg Velen, wished to congratulate the President on her re-election; he recalled some of his memories of the FEI and its development, which had been particularly dynamic and successful under the presidency of HRH The Infanta Doña Pilar de Borbón.

14.2. CHAIRMEN OF VAULTING COMMITTEE & PONY RIDERS COMMITTEE

Mr Jean-Michel Pinel (FRA) replaced Mrs Helma Schwarzmann (GER) as Chairman of the Vaulting Committee

Mr Ferdi-Jörgen Wassermeyer (GER) replaced Mrs Kirsten Barnow (DEN) as Chairman of the Pony Riders Committee.

14.3. FINANCE COMMITTEE MEMBER

Mr Howard Simpson (USA) was re-elected as member of the Finance Committee with 63 votes. Mr Marc Damien (FRA) received 34 votes.

14.4. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE MEMBER

Mr Francis Michielsens (BEL) was re-elected as member of the Judicial Committee.

15. APPROVAL OF APPOINTMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS

The Assembly unanimously approved the appointments of the following Committee members:

Dressage: Mr Stephen Clarke (GBR)

Jumping: Mr Tom Gordin (FIN)

Eventing: Mr Michael Etherington-Smith (GBR). Capt José Ortelli (ARG) was co-opted as a Member until 2004.


Driving: Mr Tomas Eriksson (SWE)

Endurance: Dr Dane Frazier (USA) and Mr Ramón Lopez (ESP)

Vaulting: Mr Erich Breiter (AUT) and Mr Tamas Tarpataki (HUN)

Pony Riders: Mrs Margareta Wetterberg (SWE)

Children: Mr Ulrich Meyer zu Bexten (GER) and Mrs Lena Levidis (GRE)

Reining: Mr Frank Costantini (USA), Mr Antonio Mastrangelo (ITA), Mr Johannes Orgeldinger (GER) and Mr Dominique Reynaud (FRA)

16. STRATEGIC PLANNING MATTERS

The Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee stated that in addition to his written report he would like to once again remind the delegates that the Strategic Planning Committee was an advisory committee to the Executive Board and the Bureau. He said that the proposed Business Plan, which had been discussed during the previous day’s Forum, was part of this advice and that he hoped the NFs would contribute to the Plan, which now had to be implemented.

He thanked the Chairman of the Eventing Committee for the great work his Committee has been doing. He said that his Committee would meet with the Dressage, Jumping and Veterinary Committees in the coming weeks to continue the implementation of the Strategic Plan.

17. SPORTS DEVELOPMENT

The 1st Vice President stated that he was pleased with the continued development work of the FEI. He suggested that NFs who wanted assistance should come forward to the FEI with their ideas and proposals. He thanked the JPN NF for their generous contribution of CHF 50,000 to the Development fund and especially the 2nd Vice President, who was instrumental in securing this donation. He had nothing further to add to his written report.

18. SPONSORSHIP 18.1. REPORT BY THE SECRETARY GENERAL

The Secretary General reported on the current sponsorship situation as follows:

• Samsung continued their sponsorship, 2002 being the last of the second sponsorship period. In 2003, Samsung would start their third period. The FEI was still negotiating a final agreement relating to the Super League, but the intention was to start next year and Samsung had expressed that they were very positive.

• There was still no sponsor for the World Cup in Jumping; however, the series was working well with local sponsors at the qualifying events and


the Emirates Airline as well as other sponsors for the 2002 Final in Leipzig (GER).

• An agreement had been reached with BCM to discontinue its guarantee of the sponsorship of the World Cup in Dressage. The agreement included a prolongation of co-operation regarding Horse International, L’Année Hippique and the International Dressage Riders Ranking list.

• PSI’s sponsorship of the Jumping and Dressage Challenge was going well. The first Final, which had been organised by PSI in Hagen (GER) in 2001, had resulted in a significant improvement of the Challenge Competitions.

• The experience gained in the first year of the Gandini sponsorship of the International Jumping Riders Ranking list had been very positive.

• Co-operation between the FEI and Octagon had been established with a first phase until the end of August 2002, but it was envisaged that a more long-term relationship would be developed. The main efforts would be put into the search for a sponsor of the World Cup in Jumping and for a main sponsor of the WEG 2006 and other major Championships.

19. TV & MARKETING 19.1. REPORT BY SECRETARY GENERAL

The Secretary General stated that TV coverage had improved in general. The coverage of the World Cup in Jumping had been steadily improving in spite of a few problems, which had arisen in relation to Eurosport not always having been able to provide the best time slots.

TV coverage at the European Championships of the Olympic disciplines had improved in 2001, although some problems had been encountered in Pau (FRA) for the European Eventing Championship.

The Secretary General reminded the General Assembly that the FEI/EBU (European Broadcasting Union) contract was to end with the WEG 2002 and that both parties were currently negotiating a further four-year contract.

20. OLYMPIC GAMES 20.1. 2004 ATHENS OLYMPIC GAMES – REPORT BY ATHOC

ATHOC General Manager of Sport, Mr Makis Assimakopoulos, presented a very comprehensive and positive slide presentation of the present preparation and progress of works of the Athens Organizing Committee. The transportation system, general accommodation plans, construction progress on all sports venues and the Olympic village were reviewed.

The President questioned the situation of accommodation and the General Manager of Sports confirmed that the plan for the International Federations should be finalised at the request of the IOC by June 2002.


ATHOC Equestrian Manager, Mr Nicolas Karidis, presented the specific report on the Equestrian venue, taking into account the construction timelines, and general organisation of the venue and all related aspects.

The IRL Delegate inquired on the situation of the footing of the Cross Country course and the timelines set for the seeding of the grass. The ATHOC Manager of Equestrian Sport confirmed that the seeding of the grass had been scheduled for July 2002 and the deadlines had been agreed with all the footing experts involved.

ATHOC representatives thanked the FEI President and the 1st Vice President as well as all FEI delegates involved for their help and cooperation.

20.2. 2004 ATHENS OLYMPIC GAMES – QUALIFICATION PROCEDURE

The General Assembly approved the principles of the Qualification procedure for Equestrian disciplines established according to IOC standards and under IOC authority. The IOC had distributed the final text to the NOCs during the week of the General Assembly. Further to discussion in the Regional Groups and the Bureau it had been agreed to propose some minor changes to the IOC.

21. WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES 21.1. 2002 WEG, JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA (ESP), SEPTEMBER 2002

The Secretary General reported that the Organising Committee would make no official progress report to the General Assembly as the WEG would take place soon in September. He added that the FEI/WEG Coordination Commission had followed the preparations very closely and was very impressed with the progress and felt very positive about a successful outcome of these Games. It was mentioned that Dr Noel Vanososte, Member of the FEI WEG Coordination Commission, had reported that all the construction works would be finalised in time in Chapin (main venue for the WEG) and in Garrapilos (venue for the Eventing Cross-Country, Driving Marathon and Endurance).

The accreditation for the Press had started and Press conferences would be held in Aachen and in Badminton. During the General Assembly, two representatives of the OC were present to answer the questions of the Delegates.

21.2. 2006 WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES

The General Assembly approved the principle to continue to hold the World Equestrian Games in the future following the outcome of the discussion at the Open Forum held the previous day.

The Secretary General announced that General Regulations Art. 108.1.1 – Championships - would be amended accordingly.

The General Assembly also agreed that the Bureau would be responsible for setting the deadlines for the call for bids and allocation of the 2006 World Equestrian Games.


22. JUMPING 22.1. ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

The General Assembly accepted the Chairman’s written report without comment (refer to Annex I).

National Championships

The Chairman informed the Assembly that a decision had been taken to refer to the Jumping Committee for reconsideration the issue of reserving a weekend free of international jumping events in Western Europe from 2004. It was originally felt that a weekend free of international events in Western Europe would help NFs to have their top riders participate at their National Championships. The decision to refer this matter to the Jumping Committee had been taken following concerns raised by NFs in Rabat.

22.2. RULES REVISION

The General Assembly approved the revision of the rules as presented by the Chairman.

The Chairman reported to the Assembly that the new rulebook would be much reduced. In addition, the rulebook had been reworded and restructured. The rules for Championships and Games would be printed in a separate booklet. He concluded his report on the revision of the rulebook by thanking the Rules Revision Committee for their work.

In addition, the following alterations to the rules presented to the Assembly were approved:

Art. 211 Water Jump – New edition

To be deleted

3. At CSIs ** and *, the landing side of the water jump must be defined by a white coloured (wooden) lath or by any other adequate, white coloured arrangement, such that the Judge at this obstacle may clearly determine whether the horse has marked it. The lath must be placed at the edge of the water, properly fixed to the ground.

Add the letters “CSIs” to the first line of paragraph 4.

4. At Olympic and Regional Games, Championships, CSIOs, CSIs and World Cup Finals the landing side of the water jump must be defined by a lath, at least 6 cm in width and not exceeding 8 cm, covered with a bed of white plasticine, or coloured plasticine painted white, about 1 cm thick. This plasticine must be replaced each time a horse touches it. Several spare laths must be provided together with extra plasticine so that a lath, which has been marked by a horse, may be replaced at any time. The lath must be placed at the edge of the water, properly fixed to the ground.


Change paragraph 6.1 to read as follows:

6.1 when a horse puts one or several feet on the lath defining the limit of the water jump. It is only a fault when the foot or the shoe or the fetlock joint or boot touches the lath and leaves an impression: of the fetlock joint or of a (loose) boot or any other part of the equipment. , does not constitute a fault;

Art. 300 World Championship – Current edition

Add the following wording to paragraph 1.2

“ In the week preceding and during this Championship it is forbidden to host a CSI**** or CSI ***** or a CSIO***** in the same Continent as the Championship.”

Art. 315 Prizes World Championship – Current edition – effective immediately

1. Prizes must be awarded for individual placing in each competition. The allocation of prizes must follow the provisions of the General Regulations. However, in the Final, prizes of equal value must be awarded to all the horses, which have effectively taken part in this competition.

1.2. FEI gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded to each member of the best-placed three teams and to the individuals placed first, second and third. The perpetual challenge cup and the FEI replica will be awarded to the Individual World Champion.

Art. 316 Continental Championship – Current edition

Add the following wording to paragraph 1.2

“ In the week preceding and during this Championship it is forbidden to host a CSI**** or CSI ***** or a CSIO***** in the same Continent as the Championship.”

Annex I – Challenge Cup for the International Team Championship – old edition

Entire annex to be deleted.

23. DRESSAGE 23.1. ACCEPTANCE OF CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

The General Assembly accepted the Chairman’s written report without comment (refer to Annex II).

23.2. RULES REVISION

The Chairman referred to Annex III to the Rules for Dressage Events, Article 4.6 and stated that this article would be rephrased by the Dressage Committee as it did not accurately reflect the Committee’s intention.


Secretariat Note: the revised article is as follows :

Annex III International Dressage Judges Article 4.6

“To be proposed by his/her NF or a member of the Dressage Committee (with the agreement of the relevant National Federation), accepted by the Dressage Committee and acknowledged by the Bureau of the FEI.”

The rules revision was approved by the General Assembly.

23.3. CORRECTIONS / CHANGES TO THE RULES

The General Assembly accepted the rule changes as contained in Bulletin 10/2001.

24. EVENTING 24.1. ACCEPTANCE OF CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

The President congratulated the Chairman and his Committee for their work in the past year in restoring credibility in the sport and for their involvement in the Eventing development program.

The Chairman referred to his written report (see Annex III) and highlighted the main issues of the Eventing Committee’s final report on the Future of Eventing (see Annex IV). He commented that the work during these hard times had been rewarding and hopefully after these past three years, the sport could settle down. Many rule changes still needed to be integrated and some, such as the qualification system, needed to be adjusted after careful monitoring this year.

The General Assembly accepted the Chairman’s written report without comment. It also endorsed the Eventing Committee’s final report on the Future of Eventing.

24.2. 2003 RULES REVISION

The Chairman referred to the Rules revision annexed to the agenda. He expressed his thanks to Mr. Hugh Thomas (GBR), former Chairman of the Committee, for having accepted to act as the Eventing Committees Rules advisor and his assistance in producing this document to come into effect 1 January 2003.

The General Assembly approved the 2003 Eventing Rules Revision.

24.3. UPDATE OF 1999 RULES EFFECTIVE 1 JANUARY 2002

The General Assembly accepted the rule changes as contained in Bulletin 10/2001, as well as the latest clarification to Eventing CIC qualifications and falls in the Jumping test included in the annex distributed to the General Assembly for immediate enforcement.


25. DRIVING 25.1. ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

The General Assembly accepted the Chairman’s written report without comment (refer to Annex V).


The corrections and changes to the rules as published in Bulletins 04/01 and 10/01 were accepted by the General Assembly.

26. ENDURANCE 26.1. ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

The Chairman asked for acceptance of his written report (see Annex VI) and said that following the meeting of Group I with the Bureau the previous day, he had accepted that the rules for the star system of Endurance rides would revert to those agreed at the 2001 General Assembly. He also stated that the issues raised by several European NFs would be discussed at an Open Forum following the WEG Endurance test event in Jerez (ESP) on the forthcoming weekend.

Mr. Faisal Seddiq Al Mutawa (UAE) then made a video presentation on the various sponsorships provided by the UAE NF and on the consequent growth of Endurance.

27. VAULTING 27.1. ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

The General Assembly accepted the Chairman’s written report without comment (refer to Annex VII).



28. PONY RIDERS 28.1. ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

The General Assembly accepted the Chairman’s written report without comment (refer to Annex VIII).




29. CHILDREN 29.1. ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

The General Assembly accepted the Chairman’s written report without comment (refer to Annex IX).

In addition to the Children’s Committee Chairman’s written report, the Chairman of Group V informed the Assembly that participation had increased during the 2001 season. One hundred and thirty-five children performed a dressage test in the framework of the FEI Dressage Challenge. Forty Jumping events for Children had taken place with 500 children participating. The location of the 2002 Children’s World Final had been moved from Columbia to Brazil. A representative of the Reining Committee would be co-opted onto the Children’s Committee.

He thanked Mr Eugene Mische (USA) on behalf of the Children’s Committee for organising a wonderful Final in 2001.

Thanks were extended to the FEI Secretariat and the Manager of the Jumping and Driving Departments for their support and assistance during the past year.

30. REINING 30.1. ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

The Chairman’s report was accepted by the Assembly without any comments (refer to Annex X).

31. WORLD CUPS 31.1. JUMPING

31.1.1. Acceptance of the World Cup Director’s Report

The General Assembly accepted the World Cup Director’s written report without comment (refer to Annex XI).

In addition to his report, the World Cup Director mentioned that the organisers, riders and the NFs had contributed towards forming a new format for the Western European World Cup. A number of issues in relation to the format still needed to be resolved. He was confident that this could be achieved during the World Cup Working Group meeting in Leipzig (GER) on the occasion of the 2002 World Cup Final. He added that it was most likely that the changes relating to the technical rules would be implemented for the 2002 World Cup season.

He informed the Assembly that reducing the number of Western European events was a very political issue and that the number of events would not be altered for the moment. He stated that in relation to this subject there were three possible options: to reduce the number of


events to twelve thereby permitting only one event per country, to select the twelve best events or to reduce the number by raising the standard.

Two meetings of the World Cup Working Group would be scheduled to take place during the 2002 World Cup Final; one to discuss technical matters and the other to discuss the selection of World Cup events. The latter would take place on Monday following the Final in order not to interfere with the Final. The World Cup Working Group would present its recommendations to the Jumping Committee, which in turn would present its recommendations to the Executive Board for approval.

31.2. DRESSAGE


The General Assembly accepted the World Cup Director’s written report without comment (refer to Annex XII).

The Secretary General referred to the fact that a new sponsor for the Dressage World Cup was currently being sought as the agreement with the previous sponsor, BCM, had been terminated by mutual agreement.

The Chairman of Dressage congratulated the Organising Committee of the 2002 World Cup Final held in ‘s-Hertogenbosch (NED) on a very successful event.

31.3. DRIVING


The General Assembly accepted the World Cup Director’s written report without comment (refer to Annex XIII).

In addition to his report, the World Cup Director mentioned that there had been a number of developments since he had produced his report. He mentioned that the first season had finished successfully. Even though the World Cup had been a financial burden for the organisers, all had been pleased and wished to continue during the coming season.

Referring to the coming season he added that on the occasion of the recent World Cup Working Group meeting a decision had been taken to introduce a World Cup Final. Competitors at the Final would carry their points forward and double points could be earned. During the coming season there would be eight events plus a Final. In addition, the World Cup Working Group had changed the way in which drivers would select their World Cup events for the coming season. He concluded by stating that some of the technical rules had also been refined.

32. NATIONS CUP 32.1. ACCEPTANCE OF THE NATIONS CUP DIRECTOR’S REPORT

The General Assembly accepted the Nations Cup Director’s written report without comment (refer to Annex XIV).


The Secretary General mentioned that the subject of the Nations Cup Super League sponsorship had already been covered and that it was the intention to introduce the Nations Cup Super League in 2003.

33. VETERINARY MATTERS

The Chairman of the Veterinary Committee reported on several current items:

33.1. OLYMPIC GAMES 2004

The recent progress as far as the veterinary arrangements for the Games was encouraging, especially the appointment of a Veterinary Services Manager. This was particularly important in light of the expected climatic conditions during the Games.

33.2. MEDICATION CONTROL REPORT 2001

The Chairman reported on the 2001 figures for testing. In total, 1896 horses had been sampled, 1115 by the MCP and 781 outside Groups I & II. He stated that the testing expenses had remained within the operational budget. The new MCP central laboratory (LAB, France) provided excellent analytic and forensic services. In addition, the Medication sub-Committee worked well in advising the Legal Dept. and Judicial Committee on positive test results. An example of this was the new grading system, in which each substance detected received an indication of its potential to affect performance. The Chairman stated that a continuous improvement of the MCP was necessary in light of horse welfare and the image of a ‘clean’ sport. He announced that further proposals for improvement of testing programmes would follow next year.

33.3. APPROVAL OF THE LIST OF PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES

The list of Prohibited Substances was approved. The Chairman of the Veterinary Committee mentioned that it was proposed to add one substance for treatment of gastric ulceration, namely cimetidine, to the already existing options ranitidine and omeprazole. The three substances permitted for this purpose were carefully reviewed by the Veterinary and Medication sub-Committees each year. The list was approved by the General Assembly.

33.4. PROGRESS IN VETERINARY RESEARCH

The Chairman listed the ongoing veterinary research items:

• Hypersensitisation: In addition to the report already available on the USA thermographic studies, further research to detect abnormal sensitivity of the lower limbs in the horse was currently planned by this group. This research, a thermographic control of horses during competition, would have no further budgetary consequences for the FEI.

• Medication: It was clear that many positive test results could be prevented if better information on clearance times were available. Research on medication and detection times for ‘first choice’ medicines


was planned, with the help of several analytical testing laboratories and NFs.

• Transport of Horses: A second seminar on Horse Transport, in collaboration with the ILPH, was currently being organised. The seminar would take place in July 2003 in GBR and would have a more ‘open’ character as compared to the previous seminar.

33.5. UPDATE ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES

An ongoing surveillance of Infectious Diseases with a possible impact on horse sports was carried out by the Veterinary Department. Well known examples of such diseases were West Nile virus and Equine Piroplasmosis. Any NFs experiencing problems in this respect should refer to the Veterinary Department where advice and assistance can be given. The Chairman expressed concern with regard to Equine Influenza vaccination. The current FEI regulations (developed more than 10 years ago) were clearly insufficient to provide a dependable protection of horses. In addition, new vaccines have recently come on the market with a different administration schedule, which should be reflected in the rules. The Chairman expected that the next General Assembly would see new proposals in regard to vaccination against this disease.

33.6. EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION

There was a continuous communication between the Veterinary Department and event as well as contact veterinarians. Veterinary courses had been given in Spain, the USA and Chile recently, while courses were planned in Greece and South Africa.

34. LEGAL MATTERS

The Secretary General presented the Chairman’s report which had been provided in written form to the Delegates (see Annex XV). He referred to several important matters as follows:

34.1. MEDICATION CONTROL OF HORSES

The change of the MCP medication control Central Laboratory to the LAB laboratory in France had resulted in the increase in positive case findings. While several known substances had been reported, the LAB had been able to detect new substances.

34.2. CASE PROCEDURES

The Judicial Committee would be proposing changes to the General Regulations which would introduce more efficient procedures for dealing with routine cases. The Judicial Committee would refer its proposals to the Working Group on Statutes and General Regulations.

34.3. GUIDELINES FOR OFFICIALS

The Judicial Committee would propose some guidelines to better educate officials. Many cases had been compromised in the past due to a lack of


awareness of officials of the necessary procedures. While a Working Group on Guidelines for Officials would discuss the various needs for better communication with and education of officials, all NFs would have to make a concerted effort to instruct officials.

34.4. ANTI-DOPING CONTROLS OF HUMAN ATHLETES

The Secretary General informed the General Assembly that anti-doping controls on human athletes had been on-going and that competitors would be subject to controls both in- and out-of-competition. The FEI would perform controls during the WEG in Jerez (ESP).

35. PUBLIC AND MEDIA RELATIONS 35.1. REPORT ON 2001-2002 PUBLIC RELATIONS

The Secretary General reported on FEI public relations as follows:

MEDIA ADVISORY COMMITTEE

The Chairman, Susan Jane Anstey (CAN), had been obliged to decline the invitation to the General Assembly. Among the main items discussed by the Committee were the following.

• A procedure had been developed to support the press offices of the championship Organising Committees. At the beginning of each year, the Media Advisory Committee would identify the championships requiring particular assistance or coaching and organise a preparatory visit.

• Basic media requirements had been developed and integrated in the draft schedule documents.

• The Media Advisory Committee had the intention of adding representatives from organisers and riders.

The next meeting of the Committee would take place during the 2002 WEG in Jerez (ESP).

2001 PUBLICATIONS

In 2001, the following new publications had been developed:

• Jumping and Driving Media Guides

• New format annual report

Further to a motion from a number of NF to remove French as an official language, the Secretariat had studied ways of lowering the costs of the second official language of the FEI, which was only used by approximately 5% of FEI members:

• French complete version of FEI Bulletin was being published on the FEI website ONLY as of January 2002


• As of 2001 the English and French versions of the Rule books were printed separately, with fewer copies of the French.

INTERNET/WEBSITE

Several new sections such as Nations Cup, World Cup, and service to the media had been created during 2001.

The FEI website would be completely revised at the end of 2002.

36. ITEMS RAISED BY NFs

No items were raised.

37. OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY

The Secretary General referred the General Assembly to the Activity report of the 2001 Olympic Solidarity Traditional Programme as well as the Special Olympic Solidarity Development Assistance Programme, which had been published in the Annual Report 2001.

38. INFORMATION ON ALLOCATION OF CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Secretary General announced the following Championship allocations:

2002

South America Young Riders and Juniors & Children Americas Jumping ARG Buenos Aires 02-06 October BRA Sao Paulo 05-08 Sept.

Europe – Ponies Jumping BEL Lanaken 24-28 July Dressage GER Hagen 31July-04 Aug. Eventing GER Hagen 31July-04 Aug. World Breeding Championships For Young Horses Dressage GER Verden 01-04 August

2003 World – Seniors Driving 1/2/4 Ponies AUT Karlstetten 14-17 Aug Europe – Young Riders Jumping FRA Le Touquet 02-06 July South America – Seniors, Young Riders, Juniors & Children Dressage Open


World Breeding Championships For Young Horses Jumping BEL Lanaken TBC Dressage GER Verden 01-04 Aug. GBR Hickstead 19-23 Aug. AUT Achleiten 07-10 July Eventing FRA Le Lion d’Angers 16-19 Oct. Pan American Championships – Seniors Eventing BRA Belo Horizonte TBC South America Young Riders and Juniors & Children Americas Jumping BRA Sao Paulo September

2004

World Cup Final Dressage GER Düsseldorf TBC

39. ACCEPTANCE OF CALENDAR

The General Assembly approved the Calendar as published in Bulletin 10/2001.

40. WELFARE OF HORSES

The new Chief Executive of the International League for the Protection of Horses, Mr John Smales, gave a presentation (see Annex XVI) on the current work of the ILPH and its plans for the future. This organisation has been recognised as the official ‘welfare arm’ of the FEI and is currently involved in updating the Code of Conduct. In addition, veterinary courses and a seminar on horse transportation are being organised in collaboration with the FEI.

41. ETHICS

The Chairman of the Ethics Committee informed the General Assembly that the Committee would hold a meeting during the WEG in Jerez (ESP). The topic of discussion would be the Code of Conduct which had been recently revised. The Legal Department would announce the date and send out invitations in due course.

42. GENERAL ASSEMBLY 42.1. 2003

The Secretary General explained that two weeks ago, the URU NF had withdrawn its invitation that was approved by the 2001 General Assembly.


Secretariat Note: Following the second Bureau Meeting of 27 April the Executive Board decided to accept the offer extended already two years ago from the Bahrain NF to host the General Assembly in 2003. The dates were set from 26 April (first Bureau Meeting) to 1 May.

42.2. 2004

No formal invitations had been received to date.

43. MISCELLANEOUS 43.1. WORLD CUP DRIVING

The President of the International Equestrian Organisers Alliance (IEOA), Mr Gerrit Jan Swinkels, referring to the World Cup Director’s report stated that the organisers were against the introduction of a World Cup Final in Driving and requested that this matter be reconsidered.

The Chairman of the Driving Committee replied that he would examine this matter.

43.2. TENT PEGGING

The Secretary General explained that Tent Pegging had been confirmed as a Regional discipline at the Executive Board Meeting in November 2001 and that the Rules would be published on the FEI Website.

43.3 FEI DINNER

The Delegate from the JAM NF suggested that the FEI Awards Dinner be held at the end of the day of the final General Assembly session, so as to attract as many participants as possible.

43.4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Delegate from the HAI NF expressed his gratitude to the FEI for its acceptance of his NF as a full Member. He also thanked the FEI Development Department for their technical assistance over the past three years, which helped the HAI NF to emerge.

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JUMPING COMMITTEE REPORT

by Mr Olaf Petersen, Chairman, Jumping Committee

Your Royal Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen,

2001 World Cup Final During the twenty-three year history of the World Cup, the Final was held for the eleventh time in Gothenburg (SWE). The Foot and Mouth Disease placed the organisation of the event until the last minute into question, but with the combined efforts of the FEI and the Organising Committee the event was carried out with a record number of 80’000 spectators attending. It was an excellent Final with more TV coverage in an increasing number of countries than in any of the previous years, ending with a jump-off for victory, only the third in the history of the World Cup. Mr Markus Fuchs (SUI) was the winner followed in second place by the three times World Cup winner Mr Rodrigo Pessoa (BRA).

Samsung Nations Cup Series In 2001, the Samsung Nations Cup Series once again proved to be a success. Madrid (ESP) was the host city of the Final held on 23rd September. In the presence of Her Majesty Queen Sofia and the FEI President, H.R.H. The Infanta Doñna Pilar de Borbon the Dutch team were the winners to put an exciting finish to the 2000/2001 Samsung Nations Cup Season. Belgium followed closely behind the Dutch team with a difference of only one penalty between both teams. The team from the host country finished in third place. A special applause was given to the Americans for their efforts in fielding a three-rider team so shortly following the New York tragedy.

Jumping Committee Meeting The Jumping Committee held its annual meeting in Baarlo (NED) from 02-03 July.

Nations Cup Super League One of the more important points on the agenda for discussion was the rules for the new Nations Cup Super League. Following the meeting a completely restructured proposal was put to the various bodies for approval. The Nations Cup Super League will consist of eight selected CSIO events. The remaining CSIO events will make up the Nations Cup Series. The idea of Regional Leagues was dropped. The name “Regional League” is replaced by the name “Nations Cup Series.” The Final of the Nations Cup Series The Nations Cup Series will have a Final, which will take place during the last week in September and, in any case, not before the Nations Cup Super League has finished.

MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ANNEX I Rabat (MAR), 26-27 April 2002 Page 24 There must be at least one week between the last event of the Nations Cup Super League and the Nations Cup Final. Teams in the Final will start from scratch and will start in the reverse order of the Nations Cup Series final overall classification. Allowed to take part in the Nations Cup Series Final is the seventh placed team each year in the Super League, five teams which qualify through the Nations Cup Series and the home team, with the same rights as a qualified team, if not already qualified. The second round of the Final is open to all teams. Participation of Teams in 1st season of the Super League Eight teams selected according to their results in 2001/2002 Nations Cup standings (Final not included) and Team classification at 2002 WEG. Participation of teams in the Nations Cup Series, 2nd and further seasons All teams not taking part in the Super League, plus the eighth placed team in the previous year’s Super League. Participation of teams in the Super League, 2nd and further seasons The best placed team at the Nations Cup Final each year will move up to the Super League. The best placed team in the Nations Cup Series ranking each year, before the Nations Cup Final, will automatically move up to the Super League. Teams placed first to sixth in the previous season’s Super League will continue to be eligible to take part in the Super League.

CSIO Wild Card Beginning 2002 the FEI will nominate one wild card for each CSIO Event.

Olympic Games The minimum requirements to be met by the Organising Committee of Olympic Games, as well as the qualifying system for the Olympic Games were reviewed by the Committee and approved by the FEI Bureau. The quota of teams eligible to participate at the Olympic Games will be reduced from 16 to 15. The team reserve rider will be permitted to participate in the training competition with the team reserve horse. One team reserve horse is allowed per nation represented by a team.

Guidelines for Organisers The FEI, in consultation with the Organisers and the International Jumping Riders’ Club produced guidelines for organising international events.

International Golden Years Trophy for Young Riders

MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ANNEX I Rabat (MAR), 26-27 April 2002 Page 25 Permission granted allowing Young Riders on a trial basis to compete in the above series in 2001 until the age of 23 was withdrawn. From 2002 the age limit for Young Riders will be 21 years.

Competitions for six and seven year old horses The FEI approved conditions for six and seven year old horse competitions. These competitions are optional for organisers to hold but if held the established conditions must be respected.

CSI Categorisation Criteria for a new CSI categorisation system will be explained during the Chairman’s verbal address to the General Assembly.

Seminars and Courses FEI courses for Judges and Course Designers worldwide will be co-ordinated by Mr Francis Michielsens (BEL). The Bureau appointed Mr Michielsens as “FEI Course Director General for Jumping”. A three to four year course plan will be established. Rules for International Jumping Events The FEI Bureau approved a final draft of proposed changes to the rulebook. The new edition will come into effect on 1 January 2003. The entire revision to the rulebook is included on the agenda for your approval under item 23.2.

Conclusion I conclude my report by thanking the members of the Committee, without whose help it would not be possible to function. Thanks are also extended to the members of the Secretariat for their assistance and support during the year especially to Capt. John P. Roche.

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DRESSAGE REPORT

by Mrs Mariette Withages (BEL), Chairman Dressage Committee

Your Royal Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen, One of the highlights of the Dressage calendar in 2001 was undoubtedly the Senior European Championship held in Verden (GER) in August. With ten nations fielding teams and a further nine sending individual riders to the Championship, 51 combinations started in the Grand Prix competition. The standard of the Dressage continues to improve, which is illustrated by the fact that 11 riders scored higher than 70% with a further 18 scoring over 65%. The third FEI World Breeding Championship for Young Horses in Dressage was held at the same time in Verden. This event continues to attract some of the most promising young horses in the world and generates much interest among riders, owners, the media and breeders. Efforts are continuously being made to improve the Championship and to ensure that it remains an event that rewards true talent and the correct training of young Dressage horses. Other highlights were the Young Rider and Junior Championships, both in Europe and in North America. The European Young Rider and Junior Championships were held at Iserlohn (GER) and both proved to be excellent Championships, with the judges reporting that the standard of the Young Riders and Juniors in Europe continues to improve. The North American Young Rider and Junior Championships (held at Wadsworth, Illinois and Paxton Farm, Ohio respectively) were also very successful events. The Junior Championship was held for the first time in North America. Four nations, the USA with four teams, Canada with three teams, Australia with one team (competing on borrowed horses) and Costa Rica with one individual rider, participated. It is hoped that this Championship will become a permanent fixture in the Calendar. In 2002, the Championship Formula will apply to the Junior Championship in Europe for the first time, bringing it in line with the Young Rider Championship. This will have the effect of improving junior riders even further and will better prepare them for entry into senior competition. Outside Europe and North America, it is evident that there is a great and ever-increasing interest in Dressage and in international competition. In 2001 Championships and Games were held in Malaysia (South East Asian Games), Romania (Balkan Championships), Ecuador (Bolivarian Games), Brazil (South American Championships) and Guatemala (Central American Games). Continued efforts will be made to improve the level and quality of Dressage in a global context. The Dressage Committee had two committee meetings in 2001, the second one having been necessitated by the Rules Revision, which has been placed before the General Assembly for its approval. The Committee has also introduced four new tests for 2002 and revised three others. For the first time, the FEI Dressage Tests are now available in CD format and are no longer required to be purchased from the FEI in printed form. These are just some of the activities and happenings during 2001. Details of other competitions, courses and meetings have been published in the various FEI Bulletins as well as in the FEI Annual Report.

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EVENTING COMMITTEE REPORT by

Wayne Roycroft, Chairman Eventing Committee Your Royal Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen, 2001 has been a most challenging year as Chairing the FEI Eventing Committee and the Open Forums held worldwide. The Forums were the ideal medium to explain the decisions made last year at the General Assembly, on the Eventing Committee’s Working Statement for the Future of the Sport. These Forums were also a great opportunity for the worldwide Eventing community to express their opinions and attitudes for the future of the sport. The Eventing Committee met three times officially in 2001 at Lexington (USA), Belo Horizonte (BRA), and Pau (FRA). Open Forums were also held in Lexington (USA), Luhmuhlen (GER), Belo Horizonte (BRA), Pau (FRA) and Adelaide (AUS).

Eventing Olympic Format: Trial events were held at the South American Championships in Belo Horizonte and the CCI**** Burghley, plus an additional trial was held at the CCIO Bon Rodderberg. The Eventing Committee decided to implement the format used at Belo Horizonte and Burghley, this format was presented to and approved by the FEI Bureau in November last year and presented to the IOC Executive Board in December. The IOC Executive Board accepted the new proposal. In this format, all Team and Individual riders compete in the same Dressage and Cross Country test. The final day has two jumping tests, the first, with all riders competing to determine the Team Medals, the second jumping test is for the top twenty five (25) riders determining the Individual medals. In addition the IOC have accepted the FEI proposal of a five (5) members per team with the best three (3) results to count.

Rules updates and revision: The Committee formed a sub-Eventing Rules Revision Committee chaired by former FEI Eventing Chairman, Mr Hugh Thomas (GBR) to revise the rules to be implemented in 2003. His task included rewriting the rules in a more consistent format taking into account all the modifications necessitated by the new format of Eventing competition and safety aspects. The documents can be found in your files. This task was enormous, we are indebted Hugh for his expertise and tireless dedication to the sport. The main changes implemented in 2002 and proposed for the new format of Eventing are the following:

- New qualification system based on the results of all three (3) disciplines. - Move towards “classic” Dressage and Jumping rules in Eventing as much as practical

with the intention to improve both disciplines, including introduction of percentage points in the Dressage scoring to make it easier to understand. In Jumping, a rider will be eliminated after the first (1st) fall of the horse and the second (2nd) fall of the rider and after two (2) refusals, the new scoring will be four (4) penalties for both a refusal and pole down.

- Review of speeds and distances for all Cross Country phases in all levels and categories of events. Phase C has been reduced in time and distance.

- Reduction of the number of falls and refusals on the Cross Country phases.

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- Clarification and reinforcement of the Dangerous riding in Eventing concept.

Safety Programme: The FEI have committed to the British based project of TRL (Transport Research Laboratories) on the development of a unified system to monitor the safety aspects of the Eventing Sport. During 2003 all falls in International events on all Cross Country Courses are to be reported in order to obtain data required to monitor and implement new safety measures for the sport. Special emphasises will be made at all FEI Eventing Courses on the safety programme and incident report forms. It is planned by the Committee, that a larger project taking responsibility for the sport to be developed including a specific training program for FEI Safety Officers. More time and finances will be required to ensure this programme be credible and correctly set up.

FEI Database for results and Eventing Horse Passport registration: With reference to the overall FEI database system currently developed, it has been accepted that the Eventing discipline be made a priority. The database is based on a unique identification number for all riders and horses. This will be compulsory enabling the database to collect all information regarding Eventing results, the NF’s and OC’s will have direct access to check entry qualifications. Extensions of the information to Biographies and other applications are also planned. The unique identification number for horses was a necessity to develop such a database and therefore a FEI passport registration will be made compulsory for all horses participating in FEI International Eventing events. This system will enable the FEI to follow a horse throughout its whole career and bring much useful statistic information and simplify the general administration for both the NFs and the FEI in regard to management of Eventing.

2002 Eventing Dressage Tests: Full new sets of Eventing Dressage tests at all levels and categories of events have been produced in 2001 for full implementation by 2003. Many thanks go to Mr Chris Bartle who has developed the new CCI and Mr Jack Le Goff for the CIC tests. The new tests are part of the efforts of the Committee to improve the standard of Dressage and form a logical progression through the levels. To Chris and Jack, THANK YOU.

CIC World Cup 2002: The CIC World Cup has finally been launched thanks to the invaluable work of Eventing Standing Committee Member, Jack Le Goff and his ad hoc Working Committee. The CIC World Cup season qualifiers will be from August 2002 to August 2003. The concept is based on a Series of CIC qualifiers of 3 star level around the world, in which riders gain points to participate in a 3 star final in October 2003 this would be likely to take place in Pau (FRA). Mr Tim Henson (GBR) has temporarily been appointed CIC World Cup Director.

Eventing Development Program: Thanks to the FEI Development Officers for Eventing, Jennifer Millar (NZL) and José Ortelli (ARG), an incredible amount of work has been put in over the past three years for the development of Eventing in Asia and South America. In addition we have received help from Mr Hans Klemm for the Eastern part of Europe to set up a coordination seminar in Belarus for the 2002 Eventing Program. We are very grateful for the FEI Development Funds that have been made are available to support positive initiatives in countries needing our assistance, and to have dedicated, knowledgeable Development Officers.

MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ANNEX III Rabat (MAR), 26-27 April 2002 Page 29 Courses for Eventing Officials: In 2001, nine FEI courses for Eventing Judges, Technical Delegates and Course Designers took place in South America, East and Western Europe and Australia. In its efforts to improve the standard of Officials and technical knowledge of Officials, the Committee has decided for 2002 to involve Grand Prix Dressage Course Directors together with the Eventing technical expertise provided by highly qualified Eventing Technical Delegates.

2001 FEI World Event Rider rankings: David O’Connor (USA) was again the winner of the 2001 Global FEI Event Rider Rankings with 447 points. Followed by Andrew Nicholson (NZL) and Philip Dutton (AUS). The year 2001 was also the tenth year of the FEI World Event Rider Rankings and it is seriously hoped that the FEI will find sponsorship for the Prize money and perhaps some support for the events for the following years, as these rankings create much interest in the Sport. A change of rules was introduced in 2001 to line the points allocated for CCIO of a certain level to the CCI of the same level. The Committee are in the process of reviewing the possibility of changing the point system for the Rider ranking and to link them with the number of starters at the event, however to date no comprehensive system has been found.

Review of 2001 Eventing Championships: Many Championships took place last year in Eventing and in addition Eventing was included in several Regional Games, this is very good news for the development of the sport. This shows the importance of the FEI Eventing Development/Olympic Solidarity Programme, which has contributed enormously to develop these regions, in which the movement of horses is restricted. Regional Games: In September, the South East Asian Games, were held in Kuala Lumpur (MAS), the Eventing was run according to CIC* level and Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand participated as teams.

The Bolivarian Games in Quito (ECU) also included Eventing of CCI* level. It was very rewarding to have the Venezuelan team win this competition, as this nation does not participate regularly in Eventing. Continental Championships: In July, a very successful South American Eventing Championship was held in Belo Horizonte (BRA), and constituted one of the most important Eventing competitions held in South America in the past year. Seven nations participated in this event in the different levels of competition offered. The Brazilian team won the Gold medal, Argentina the Silver and Chile the Bronze. The South American Individual Champion was Marcelo Tosi (BRA) and his horse Lulala followed by Eddy Stibbe (AHO) and André Paro (BRA).

The European Eventing Championships 2001 were held in Pau (FRA). The Cross Country course was technically fair and beautifully designed by Pierre Michelet (FRA). 10 Teams took part in the Championship lead from the beginning to end by the Britain. The British Team was awarded their 4th consecutive European title and for the 17th time in these championships since it was established in 1953. The team silver medal was won by France followed by Italy for the Bronze (Italy won its first ever European team medal). The Individual Championship

MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ANNEX III Rabat (MAR), 26-27 April 2002 Page 30 was won for the 2nd time by Britain’s Pippa Funell riding Supreme Rock, followed by Inken Johannsen (GER) riding Brillante and Enrique Sarasola (ESP) riding Dopé Doux.

The European Championship for Young Riders was held in Waregem (BEL). 14 nations participated in this very well organised and friendly event. The Team Eventing Championship was won by Great Britain followed by Germany and Finland. The Individual Championship was won by Austrian rider Harald Ambros with Miss Haila followed by Malte Dohm and Carolina Peper both form Germany.

In North America the Eventing Young Riders Championship, organised together with Dressage and Jumping in Wadsworth (USA), attracted 13 Regional teams and was as usual very successful and professionally organised by the Howard Simpson family.

The European Junior Championship was held in Walldorf (GER), 11 nations competed and the gold medal was awarded to France as in 2000 followed by Germany and Ireland. The Individual competition was won by Amélie Billard (FRA) riding Derby de Longueval followed by Marie-Lousia Meyer and Sabine Flörkemeier both from Germany.

World Eventing Breeding Championship for Young Horses: This Championship has now been very successfully organised since its creation in Lion d’Angers (FRA). As in 2000, the championship format consisted of a CIC** for 6-year old horses and a CCI** for 7-year old horses. Many studbooks were represented and the winner of the 2001 Breeding Championship was the Selle Français Stud-book Team, followed by the Irish Stud-book and the English Thoroughbred. This World Championship encourages the continued breeding of the Eventing horse. Thank you to José Ortelli (ARG) outgoing member of the Committee, who has agreed to stay on the Committee for an additional 2 years as a co-opted member, this will insure the development program for Eventing in South America. I am very grateful for the great support received from the FEI Veterinary Committee and its Chairman Leo Jeffcott, whose advice in many of the issues has been invaluable. My warmest gratitude to my fellow Committee members for their tireless voluntary work. To all the members of the FEI Secretariat, Fabienne Diserens and Nathalie Charlton, to all of you, my personal thanks. To Catrin Norinder, a special thanks for her tireless dedication to Eventing and the Equestrian Sport as a whole, my sincere appreciation.

MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ANNEX IV Rabat (MAR), 26-27 April 2002 Page 31

FEI EVENTING COMMITTEE’s

Final Report on

FUTURE OF EVENTING The FEI Eventing Committee, consisting of Mr Wayne Roycroft (Chairman), Capt José Ortelli (Deputy Chairman), Dr Giuseppe Della Chiesa, Mr Jack Le Goff, Mr Eddy Stibbe representing the Riders Association (PERA) and Mr William Henson representing the Organiser Association (AOCCI) after having consulted with all parties involved and having held five worldwide Open Forums has now finalized its proposals on the points that came under consideration and discussion for the future of Eventing.

The Eventing Committee wishes to thank all the National Federations, Associations, Individuals, FEI Veterinary Committee and participants at the FEI Eventing Open Forums who have submitted proposals to the FEI on the original working statement. Many valid suggestions and comments have been received and have contributed actively to this final report of the future format of the Eventing Competition.

The points that have been considered were the following:

different worldwide perception of the discipline

evolution of the general public opinion towards welfare and safety of horses and riders

assessment of the Sydney Olympic Individual competition and the concern expressed by different parties

issues related to costs for Organisers in general and in particular for Olympic Organising Committee

The Eventing Committee’s proposal to the FEI Bureau for approval include:

1. Revision of the Eventing competition format and rules

2. Changes to the Olympic Eventing Competition Format

3. System to monitor the Safety aspects of the sport

Different worldwide perception of the discipline It is far to obvious that worldwide there is a wide divergence of views as to how the discipline can and should evolve and this is related to different traditions, opportunities and sensibilities. Some nations and individuals are perfectly happy with the sport in its present format and see no need for change, while others believe that radical alterations are needed for the sport to survive and develop in the future.

The Committee is aware that, as a result of public and media expectations coming from some of the European nations, financial and marketing concerns of Organising Committees, and development issues for the less experienced nations, the CIC format is growing in popularity among many of the parties involved.

At the same time, the Committee believes that to preserve the tradition, integrity and safety of the discipline, during its natural evolution from a military test to a modern sport, innovation has to be introduced gradually, carefully timed and thoroughly tested.

With the support of the Veterinary Committee, it is felt that Championships and Olympic Games should remain in the CCI format but with a revision of some of the rules and technical parameters that can make that format acceptable to all parties.

The growing popularity of the CIC format will be kept under constant consideration not only as a training, developing and marketing tool, but also to meet the aspirations of those who wish to promote this format as a possible evolution of the sport in the future. The new CIC World Cup project is there to give a specific goal to those parties and be a useful workshop for the testing of all new ideas for the future.

MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ANNEX IV Rabat (MAR), 26-27 April 2002 Page 32 The Committee is aware that Eventing, like all other sports, competitors are constantly achieving higher standards. It strongly encourages higher technical performances at dressage and show jumping, whilst being wary of increasing demands too much on the cross country, where the safety issues must always be a priority.

Evolution of general public opinion towards welfare and safety of horses and riders – Measures to improve safety The Safety of riders and the welfare of horses are of paramount importance to all connected with the Sport. The FEI, as a governing body of the sport, has always taken action to manage the risk element of the sport. Recent fatalities and a generally higher awareness of the public and media have necessitated a renewed focus upon these issues.

The Committee, in line with the conclusions of the Hartington Safety Committee Report, believes that a certain amount of risk will always be part of the sport and that the final decision and ultimate responsibility is and must remain with the rider.

However, the governing body must be sure that the rider has the necessary experience and education to take a responsible attitude to riding within the limits of his and his horse’s capabilities. This professional approach will ensure a more acceptable level of risk and surely improve some of the images, which may be detrimental to the sport.

The development of an FEI database to monitor the qualifications of riders and horses, based on unique identification, is one of the proposed measures to implement a more professional management of the sport. Information is required on falls of riders and horses on the cross country course and will run in parallel to this database. Riders’ licenses need to be developed to monitor each rider throughout his/her career. An annual Safety report will be published for the benefit of all those involved in the sport.

Assessment of Olympic competition format and concern expressed by different parties regarding the two separate competitions Most parties agree that the new format of the two competitions introduced with the Atlanta Olympic Games does not work to the best benefit for our sport. There are issues related to increased costs for the Organising Committee (two cross country courses, more days of competition, etc). In addition, the drawback of not having the best combinations competing for the individual set of medals, together with some of the adverse pictures taken at the individual competition in Sydney made it clear that a new approach had to be made to the IOC.

The Committee received many suggestions during the consultation period on possible alternatives to the current Olympic format and believes that the proposed new format is the best possible compromise to fulfil the IOC requirements and at the same time address the specific needs of Eventing.

Issues related to costs for Organisers in general and in particular for the Olympic Organising Committee Organisers are increasingly concerned for the future viability of the sport and are finding it more difficult to make ends meet financially. The same applies at Olympic Games where our discipline has often been pointed out to be one of the most expensive and complicated to run.

In this respect the Committee has worked with the IOC to significantly reduce the “Minimum Requirements for Olympic Games” and with the proposed changes to the Olympic Format has strongly contributed to lower the costs of the Olympic Eventing Competition.

At the same time is thought that proposed reductions to all four Cross-Country phases for CCIs at all levels, together with the new rule on separate flagging of alternatives, should have a positive impact on costs for Organisers.

MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ANNEX IV Rabat (MAR), 26-27 April 2002 Page 33 Never less, during the natural ongoing evolution of the discipline, the Committee strongly encourages any new ideas that can ease Organisers tasks while preserving the integrity and safety of the sport.

1. Revision of the Eventing format and rules The Committee have agreed to the following modifications and to implement the necessary rule changes by 1st January 2002:

DRESSAGE: - 7 new dressage tests for CCIs, two for *, **, *** star level, and 1 for **** level to be enforced in

2002, to replace the previous ones. Separate test for 3-star level has already been introduced.

- Three new short dressage test for CICs, one for each star level to be enforced in 2002. Tests for CICs did not exist previously.

- Additional dressage tests for CCIs****, to be enforced in 2003.

CROSS COUNTRY TEST:

Measures to reduce the endurance requirements in all four phases:

• Phase A: to be reduced and maintained as a “warm up” phase equal at all levels.

o 16-20 minutes of trot at a speed of 220 m/min to cover a distance of 3.520 – 4.400 m

• Phase B: to be reduced. - 30 seconds from current time for each star level. • Phase C: to be reduced and maintained as a “recovery” phase equal at all levels.

o 25-30 minutes with an overall speed of 160 m/min (1/3 of the time to be completed in walk and 2/3 trot) No warm-up fences before D.

o C Box: the requirement for the C Box to be mandatory between 1-3 km after the arrival of phase B. (The time of the halt to be flexible from zero to 10 minutes. The halting time to be added to the time of phase C)

• Phase D: to be reduced. -60 seconds from current time for each star level.


COMPARATIVE TABLE OF SPEEDS, TIMES & DISTANCES Phase One Star (*) Two Star (**) Three Star (***) Four Star (****)

220 mpm 220 mpm 220 mpm 220 mpm

1999 RULES A 18 - 23 min 18 - 23 min 20 - 25 min 20 - 25 min

3’950 - 5060 m 3’960 - 5’060 m 4’400 - 5’500 m 4’400 - 5'500 m

220 mpm 220 mpm 220 mpm 220 mpm

2002 Rule A 16 – 20 min 16 – 20 min 16 – 20 min 16 – 20 min

3’520– 4’400m 3’520– 4’400m 3’520– 4’400m 3’520– 4’400m

640 mpm 660 mpm 690 mpm 690 mpm

1999 RULES B 3½ min 3½ or 4 min 4 or 4½ min 4½min

2’240 m 2’310 or 2’640 m 2’760 or 3’105 m 3’105 m

640 mpm 660 mpm 690 mpm 690 mpm

2002 Rule B 3 - 3½min 3 - 3½ min 3½ - 4 min 4 - 4½min

1’920-2’240 m 1’980-2’310 m 2’415-2’760 m 2.760-3’105 m

220 mpm 220 mpm 220 mpm 220 mpm

1999 RULES C 28 - 35 min 28 - 35 min 35 - 45 min 35 - 45 min

6’160 - 7’700m 6’160 - 7’700 m 7’700 - 9’900 m 7’700 - 9'900 m

160 mpm 160 mpm 160 mpm 160 mpm

2002 Rule C 25 - 38 min 25 - 38 min 25 - 38 min 25 - 38 min

4’000 –6’080 m 4’000 –6’080 m 4’000 –6’080 m 4’000 –6’080 m

520 mpm 550 mpm 570 mpm 570 mpm

1999 RULES D 7½ - 9½ min 9 - 11 min 10 - 12 min CCI: 12 - 14 min

6'840 - 7'980 m

3'900 - 4'940 m 4'950 - 6'050 m 5'700 - 6'840 m CCIO:13-14 min

7'410 - 7'980 m

520 mpm 550 mpm 570 mpm 570 mpm

2002 Rule D 7 - 9 min 8 - 10 min 9 - 11 min 11- 13 min

3'640 - 4'680m 4'400 - 5'500 m 5'130 - 6'270 m 6’270 – 7’410

Risk management and safety measures already enforced and additional ones to apply as from January 2002:

• Reinforcement of Qualification of horse and rider: a new qualification concept including a minimum requirement for the rider and the horse in all 3 tests (Dressage, Cross Country and Jumping) will be enforced.

• Definition and penalisation of dangerous riding: “Any rider who affects the safety of any horse, rider or third party will be considered to have acted dangerously and will be penalised accordingly”. (Dangerous riding will be sanctioned from 25 penalties to elimination)

• Definition of refusal: “A horse is considered to have refused if it stops in front of the obstacle or element to be jumped” (jumping from a standstill will be now be penalised).

• Refusals: to be reduced to four on the whole course (instead of five).

• Fall of rider and/or horse: compulsory retirement after the first fall of horse and second fall of rider related to the obstacle on phase B & D.


• Alternative fences: The new rule on separate flagging of alternatives will be encouraged to avoid twisted time-consuming long routes, which breaks the flow of the course causing dangerous and unnecessary strain on the lesser horses and also incurs additional costs for Organisers. Directives will be issued to all Course Designers to ensure that alternatives do not markedly diminish the qualifying standards at the different levels.

JUMPING TEST: Eventing will continue to reflect Rules for Jumping taking into consideration latest rule changes on refusals and falls whenever possible and practical for the Eventing discipline.

• Refusals: to be reduced to two (instead of three)

• Fall of rider and/or horse: compulsory retirement after the first fall of rider and/or horse

2. Olympic Eventing Competition Format The following format has been submitted to the IOC Executive Board for their opinion and the FEI Executive Board for a feasibility study – the final confirmation to implement this format for the Athens Olympic Games remains with the Bureau in November 2001.

The Committee is proposing that this format be implemented for the Olympic Games only and that the current Championship format be maintained for all other FEI Championships.

Principles of the proposed Olympic Eventing Format for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games:

1. The format will assure a fair competition for all participants and allow riders both from very experienced nations and from nations where the sport is developing to become eligible for participation. The best combination (horse/rider) in the world will be able to compete for the Olympic title in both the Individual and team competition.

2. The competition format will take into consideration all Safety measures and studies which are being currently undertaken up to the date of the Olympic Games

3. The new format will allow the organiser to reduce costs. Only one Cross Country course, with 4 days of Eventing competition instead of 7. The land requirements will be reduced by 15 % from the amount used for the Sydney Equestrian Facilities

4. The FEI Veterinary Committee have indicated their full support this format as in their opinion a second Jumping course should not adversely affect the welfare of the horse.

Eventing Competition Format: · A CCI 4 Star level competition, run according to new FEI competition Format in regard to

speeds and distances for the Cross-Country including Safety measures and any relevant data from ongoing studies and research.

· Team and Individual competition to be run concurrently for the 3 traditional tests. All 3 tests to be ridden by all the competitors (Dressage - Cross Country test and Jumping) to determine the Team medals.

· The Individual Final will be an additional show jumping test, different from the team test to take place on the same day as the Team Show Jumping- in order to determine the Individual medals. The best 25 riders classified in the team competition will compete; they will carry forward all their previous scores.

· A Maximum of 5 riders per nation with the 3 best to count for the team and all riders eligible for the Individual competition. Only 3 riders per nation will be able to qualify for the Individual final according to the Olympic Charter.

· All 5 riders of the team to be eligible for the team medals (confirmed by IOC)

· A reduction of the quota of competitors from 100 possible competitors in Atlanta and Sydney Olympic Games. Exact number to be determined in relation to number of riders per nation. 5 riders per nation and a quota for Eventing of 75 riders in total.


· It is proposed that 10 teams qualify from classification at Regional and World Championships during the 2 preceding years the Olympic Games = max. 50 riders. Additional riders to make up 75 will be taken from Ranking in order of classification and if 3 Individuals eligible are from the same country they will make up a team –(Directly qualified teams / composite teams based on Rankings).

· Additional Individual riders will be qualified according to the FEI World Rider rankings as from 1st January the year preceding the Olympic Games, if three are eligible from any one nation, they may form a “composite” team.

Advantage of this format: · In accordance with the IOC requirements not to award two medals for one effort.

· The competition format is in line with the 2 other FEI Olympic disciplines, for the easy comprehension of the public.

· Ensures sellable public session on the final day of the competition.

· Maintains the Jumping test as the final test to ensure fair riding in the Cross Country test

3. System to Monitor the Safety Aspects of the Sport FEI Eventing Safety Programme The FEI Eventing Safety Programme has been developed by the Eventing Committee further to the endorsement of the Hartington Safety report by the General Assembly to ensure that specific safety recommendations could be implemented and generally a more professional approach to the management of International Eventing could be started.

As concluded by the different Safety Reports in the past 2 years, it is essential that the FEI take a lead in providing the possibility for each International Event to implement the highest level of known safety measures. The objective being to set a strategy to possibly reduce accidents. Examples of measures implemented in other sports have been thoroughly studied.

The intention is to integrate the National Events in the overall FEI programme in order to ensure cooperation and spread of knowledge to all NFs involved in the sport of Eventing, the FEI being the only organisation who could actually carry out this program worldwide.

The FEI Eventing Safety Programme will be based on the following four points:

- Cooperation with TRL (Transport Research Laboratories – GBR) to produce analysis of the data of all falls of horse and rider to identify particular precipitation or contributory factors or fence types that are over-represented in the incident data to enable the safety performance of future safety initiatives with the sport to be measured.

- Development of FEI database. The successful implementation of the Database to provide the needed managing tools for Eventing Safety program will necessitate the introduction of unique identification code for each horse participating in all levels of Eventing and a similar principle will apply to riders.

- Development of specific training program for Officials: the FEI will provide training of FEI Officials to officiate at International Events to ensure that Safety measures are implemented (including: training of Fence Judges to complete Incident forms, crisis management explanation to Organisers, checking of Communication and emergency plans of event, safety audit of Cross Country course, checking of rider and horse qualifications, providing FEI with results directly after the end of the event, follow up of accidents after the event is over, etc. )

- Publication of an FEI Annual Safety Report including all findings of research developed by FEI and different NFs, incident statistics and new safety rules and measures to be implemented for the following year

The Eventing Committee is fully aware of the difficultly in implementing this program in a very short time, however it is important that the NFs organising International Events are fully involved in the

MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ANNEX IV Rabat (MAR), 26-27 April 2002 Page 37 whole decision-making process of this project. It is also important to note that the intention of this FEI Program is to benefit all involved in the sport by its efforts to coordinate communication and training in regard to Safety in Eventing. NFs will be contacted as soon as possible by letter with more detailed explanations.

MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ANNEX V Rabat (MAR), 26-27 April 2002 Page 38

DRIVING COMMITTEE REPORT

by Mr Jack D. Pemberton, Chairman

Your Royal Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen, As in other disciplines, Driving was subjected to many event cancellations due to Foot and Mouth disease; however, we did have a World Championship. The organizers of Riesenbeck (GER) hosted the World Pairs Championship simultaneously with the German National Four-in-Hand Championship. The Pairs Championship was very successful and had 66 competitors representing 22 countries. Team Medals Individual Medals Gold Hungary Gold Vilmos Lazar (HUN) Silver Netherlands Silver Federico de Beck (POR) Bronze Germany Bronze Zoltan Nyul (HUN) The Top Driver Award series for Singles, Pairs and Fours, which began six years ago, is doing as envisioned, in that, it is encouraging competitors to compete at accredited Top Driver Award qualifiers and at the same time it stimulates organizers to become involved in the series. In 2002 an FEI North American Challenge for Singles, Pairs and Fours commenced using the basic Top Driver format. Last year there were three FEI Combined Driving events in North America. In 2002 the North American Challenge will consist of five FEI qualifiers. As in Europe, I believe we shall see the main thrust of drivers competing to win the North American Challenge, which will encourage interest among organizers to host qualifiers. The Indoor World Cup series for Fours was extremely successful and it fulfilled the World Cup Director, Mr Max Ammann's objectives. The Driving Community is indebted to Max for his unfailing enthusiasm in seeing the World series become such a success. We take this opportunity to thank the World Cup organizers and sponsors who supported this series. CAIO Aachen (GER) agreed during its event in 2001 to test some of the Think Tank's proposals, which created much interest and discussion. However, the FEI Driving Committee decided to keep the principal competitions as in the past, offering a shortened Marathon with a slightly changed format for 2002 in order to obtain reactions from organizers and competitors. Last year Aachen also offered an extra dressage test - free style to music. It was well received and I believe we shall see growth in this area. Combined Driving is growing via numbers of competitors and events in the countries that have been traditionally involved in Driving. For example, in 2000 there were 30 FEI Driving Events - so far in 2002, 50 events are listed in the Calendar - a 67% increase over 2000.

MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ANNEX V Rabat (MAR), 26-27 April 2002 Page 39 It is the fastest growing FEI discipline as far as number of events are concerned. The challenge, of course, is to have more countries become involved in the Driving discipline. The Driving Committee would like to recognize the organizers for their commitment to Driving, after all they are the ones who take the financial risk, without organizers there cannot be competitions. Speaking on behalf of all competitors, I say thank you - stay financially healthy. Finally, with the welfare of the horse/pony in mind, the Driving Committee together with the Bureau’s approval increased the minimum age of horses/ponies participating at CAIO events and Championships to six years and at CAI events to five years. This rule change becomes effective from 1 January 2003. The age for Singles (horse/pony) will remain at 6 years for CAI, CAIO events and Championships. My thanks to my fellow Committee members for their time, suggestions and co-operation and of course my appreciation and thanks to Captain John P. Roche for his guidance and tolerance.

MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ANNEX VI Rabat (MAR), 26-27 April 2002 Page 40

FEI ENDURANCE COMMITTEE REPORT by

Dr. Hallvard Sommerseth (NOR), Chairman Your Royal Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen, Endurance riding has continued its growth and development during the year 2001. This year we had the first ever World Championship for Young Riders in Villacastin, Segovia Spain in September. We were all honoured by the visit of our President Infanta Dona Pilar who attended the whole event and represented FEI by giving the winning teams and individuals their FEI-Medals. During the year of 2001 we have had seminars and courses in North- and South America, in the Middle East, in Australia and New Zealand, in South Africa and of course in Europe. Endurance rides have been organised in over 35 countries, and we have reached around 150 International Rides worldwide at the end of 2001, with 50 Nationalities competing with 1800 riders on 2000 horses, this despite the fact that in the first six months of 2001 many events in Europe had to be cancelled due to Foot and Mouth Disease. We have had the second Open European Championship in Italy and the Open Pan-American Championship in Vermont USA successfully behind us. We had a very successful World Cup Final in UAE in March, where the best riders were invited from all over the world and brought in on the cost of the UAE Equestrian and Racing Federation. This event among some others in group 7 had a live TV coverage. The support of our sponsor, the UAE Equestrian and Racing Federation, who created the “FEI EMIRATES WORLWIDE ENDURANCE MASTER SERIES”, is continuing. The goal is to support at least 40 rides worldwide during one calendar year to make their rides to a very high standard, helping them bringing in foreign judge, foreign vet, TD and so on. In the year 2001 Endurance riding was a part of the South East Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur together with show jumping, dressage and Eventing and at the end of the year in the Central American Games in Guatemala together with show jumping and dressage where all 3 disciplines had about the same number of horses participating. After the GA in San Francisco the Strategic Planning Committee has established a working group for Endurance and the Olympic games. We hope that their work will bring fruits to our aspirations of becoming Olympic, ensuring no negative impact on any other Olympic equestrian discipline, considering the health and safety issues of horse and rider. We have worked on the welfare aspect of the horses towards the public by bringing in the Best Condition Procedure in our Rules. Together with the veterinary committee we have proposed a better report for the foreign veterinary Delegate at big events, to give reasons for elimination.

MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ANNEX VII Rabat (MAR), 26-27 April 2002 Page 41

VAULTING COMMITTEE REPORT

by Mrs Helma Schwarzmann (GER), Chairman

Your Royal Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen, The highlight of this year’s International Vaulting Calendar was the European Vaulting Championship, which took place in Poznan POL from 9 to 12 August. A total of 10 teams and 65 individuals from 17 countries participated in the Championship. The Team Championship was a closely fought battle with Switzerland emerging as the eventual victors ahead of Germany, Sweden, Austria and Poland. In the individual championships both the male and female competitions were won by the 2000 World Champions, Matthias Lang FRA and Nadia Zülow GER. I would like to thank the organising committee of Hipodrom Wola for organising a really successful championship. The Vaulting Committee held its annual meeting just prior to the European Championship in Poznan. The Committee agreed that the qualification criteria, which shall apply for the World Championship 2002, would remain unchanged from the qualification criteria required for the 2000 World Championship. The Committee discussed and approved a number of rule changes and also discussed at length a proposal to remove the age limit in the team competition. As this would be a far-reaching move, it was agreed that the opinion of National Federations would be obtained before any further action is taken in this regard. Dr Gernot Spitzer (AUT), President of the International Vaulters’ Club (IVC), attended the meeting in a consultative capacity and addressed the Committee on the activities of the IVC. It was agreed that sometime during 2002 the IVC, in collaboration with the FEI, would organise an Open Vaulting Forum during which items of concern to vaulters and other interested parties would be discussed. Two FEI seminars for Vaulting Judges were organised in 2001. The first seminar took place in February at Warendorf GER and dealt with the practical judging of freestyle and the horse. A second course (held in Prague CZE in March) was conducted by Dr Gernot Spitzer AUT and concerned biomechanics and other technical aspects in freestyle. Furthermore, a Vaulting training course was organised in Australia where Mr Lasse Kristensen DEN gave training courses in Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane. I was very proud to receive, along with Mrs Ulrike Rieder GER, an IOC Diploma, which honoured the commitment of volunteers in sport. This was a very welcome recognition of the commitment of all Vaulting judges and trainers and of international Vaulting in general. This General Assembly will be the last one to which I shall report as Chairman of Vaulting. I wish to express my gratitude to my colleagues with whom I have been able to work in a spirit of friendship and collaboration and I wish all the best to my successor, Mr Jean Michel Pinel FRA. I would like further to express my sincere thanks to everyone involved in Vaulting for their contribution to the sport and for helping to make 2001 another successful year for Vaulting.

MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ANNEX VIII Rabat (MAR), 26-27 April 2002 Page 42

PONY RIDERS COMMITTEE REPORT

by Mrs Kirsten Barnow (DEN), Chairman

Your Royal Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen, Pony Riding in Europe is still improving as was clearly shown in Montemedio, Vejer de la Frontera, ESP where the European Pony Championships 2001 took place. The Championships have never been held so far south before and there was some concern about the effect the heat might have on the ponies and riders. However, as usual, both ponies and riders coped very well. It was a great show and the footing for the Jumping competitions was the best ever. In Dressage, Germany is still the best but the other nations are improving. Show jumping is also improving and it is good to see that many pony riders continue with great success as young riders and seniors. Eventing is progressing well and is being taken seriously by both riders and parents. It is worth remembering that without parents, there would be no pony riding. It was a big step in the right direction that there were no ponies over height in Spain, which means that no rider had an advantage in relation to the others. The past few years have seen quite a number of over height ponies competing at international level and as a result of this, the Pony Riders Committee has improved the rules governing the measurement of ponies. We hope for the future that more Dressage and Eventing competitions will be organised so that the riders in these disciplines will have the same opportunities as the show jumpers to compete in more international events. The FEI Pony Riders Committee would like to take this opportunity to thank the organisers in Montemedio, Vejer de la Frontera, for a memorable European Championship and all the other organisers of pony events for their hard work and dedication.

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CHILDREN’S COMMITTEE REPORT by

Dr Noel Vanososte (VEN), Chairman, Your Royal Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen, The FEI Children’s International Jumping Competition was held for the seventh consecutive year. Eight countries organised category A competitions only, sixteen organised category B only and sixteen organised both category A and B competitions. A total of 522 riders started in either category A or category B, of which 162 completed all four rounds of category A competitions and 159 riders completed the four rounds of category B. An excellent Children’s Final, which was organised for the sixth time, was held in Wellington, Florida (USA) from 28 November to 2 December 2001 under the directorship of Mr Eugene Mische. Five continents and 12 countries were represented at the Final, with the United States of America and France taking the podium. As in past years, it was wonderful to see the competitors from the different nationalities and cultures overcome the language barrier and create a camaraderie unique to children. The riders who participated at the Final represented the following countries: Group I : Belgium (1), France (2) Group II : Lithuania (2) Group III : Russia (2) Group IV : United States of America (12) Group V : Colombia (1) Mexico (1) Group VI : Argentina (2), Brazil (1) Group VII : Saudi Arabia (1) Group VIII : Japan (1) Group IX : South Africa (2) FEI Groups in which competitions were held in 2001 are indicated as follows: Group I : 5 (BEL, FRA, GRE, ISR, ITA) Group II : 2 (EST, LTU) Group III : 3 (BLR, IRI, RUS) Group IV : 2 (JAM, USA) Group V : 11 (COL, CRC, DOM, ECU, ESA, GUA, MEX, PAN, PER, PUR, VEN) Group VI : 6 (ARG, BOL, BRA, CHI, PAR, URU) Group VII : 3 (ALG, KSA, UAE) Group VIII : 6 (AUS, TPE, HKG, JPN, MAS, NZL) Group IX : 2 (RSA, ZIM) As of 28 February 2002, 30 countries had confirmed their participation for the 2002 competition. The FEI is working very hard on trying to find a sponsor for this project.

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REINING COMMITTEE REPORT by

Jane Forbes Clark (USA), Chairman Reining has made a rapid start to its life as an FEI discipline. Within weeks of being formally accepted as a new discipline we had the first CRIO in Reggio Emilia (ITA) followed by the first official CRIO in Gladstone (USA). Over 20 Nations took part in these events with competitors from as far away as Japan and Brazil competing in both events. The Committee worked hard with the International Reining Community and the organisers of the World Equestrian Games in Jerez to enable Reining to take place alongside the other 6 disciplines. I would particularly like to thank, Don Treadway of the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) and Dan Wall of the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) who both put a huge amount of time and effort in ensuring that Reining will be in Spain this September. The Committee established a quota system for the selection of teams to the WEG, this was due to space restrictions in Jerez, but for the next games we hope to be able to have many more teams represented. This year we have already had our first Judges course in Oklahoma City in conjunction with the NRHA and we will have several more by the end of 2002. By this time next year all the Judges who were “grand fathered” on to FEI Judges list will have been through the course and those that have not will be removed from the list and have to reapply. Next year we hope to establish a World Cup in Reining and we will also have the first FEI Continental Championships for our discipline. The speed of the acceptance of Reining has been amazing, but we are still finding our feet within the FEI so I would ask the NFs to bear with us as we continue the integration.

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WORLD CUP JUMPING 2001 / 2002

by Mr Max E. Ammann, Director World Cup Jumping

Your Royal Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen, 105 competitions in 13 Leagues constituted the FEI World Cup Jumping in its 24th season, 2001 / 2002, ending with the Final in Leipzig (GER), 01 - 05 May 2002. The competitions were held on all five continents as follows:

- Europe 29 in two Leagues (Western and Central Europe) - America 33 in four Leagues (USA East, USA West, Canada, South America) - Africa 5 in one League (South Africa) - Asia 25 in four Leagues (Japan, Central Asia, South East Asia, Middle East) - Pacific 23 in two Leagues (Australia, New Zealand)

A new creation is the Middle East League, suggested by Faisal Al Mutawah, who scheduled competition in the UAE in March 2002. It can be expected that approximately 42 riders will compete in the Final in Leipzig. On the rule-making side discussions took place as to the future format of the World Cup series in Western Europe. At the meeting of the World Cup Working Group during the 2001 Final in Göteborg (SWE) it was decided to evaluate the participating events. The large number of interested events, 23, led to the proposal of a two-tier Western Europe League of the World Cup, with maximum 10 events on each level, thus expanding the Western League from the present 15 events. Further discussions led to the conclusion that rather a reduction of the number of events was advisable. A meeting in Brussels resulted in the following format for the Western European League.

- Maximum 12 events in as many countries - A fixed number of 35 starters in each competition - The World Cup Competition to be held Sunday afternoon, ending not later than 5 pm. - Minimum Prize money for the event and the Word Cup competition to be defined.

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WORLD CUP DRESSAGE REPORT

by Drs Joep Bartels (NED), World Cup Director Dressage

Your Royal Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen, The first ever Danish World Cup Dressage Final was held at Vilhelmsborg from 5 to 8 April 2001 and proved to be a great success. The Organising Committee was able to arrange the final at short notice and in the face of numerous logistical difficulties as a result of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Europe. The OC deserves to be highly praised on its efforts to organise an exceptional Final. Notwithstanding the fact that three riders including the 2000 titleholder, Anky van Grunsven NED, were unable to transport their horses to Vilhelmsborg due to travel restrictions, the Final was made up of horses and riders of top class level. The Final was won convincingly by Ulla Salzgeber GER and her Russian bred gelding, Rusty. Isabell Werth GER and Anthony gave an impressive performance in the Kür to make her way up from third to second place in the overall standings. Spectator interest in the event was very high with the arena sold-out for the Freestyle. The FEI Dressage Committee approved some rule changes on the occasion of its meeting, held in Milan ITA in May 2001. From 2002, the Final Individual Classification will be based on the results in the Kür only. This will make the event even more exciting and interesting from the point of view of television, the media and the spectators. In 2002 the Final will be held once again in ‘s-Hertogenbosch NED and in 2003 it will return to Gothenburg SWE. It will be recommended to Organisers that individual marks per movement given by each judge be made public both during and after the competition. The rules relating to allocation of wildcards have been completely revised. In regard to the development of the FEI World Cup Dressage series, concerns have been communicated to the FEI on the current level of prize money in the qualifying competitions and the final. A discussion with organisers, riders and trainers has been started in order to develop the possibilities to create a fair balance between the prize money levels in different FEI disciplines. Another matter of concern is the timing of the World Cup Kür at several competitions. The timing on Sunday evening, for instance, prevents the media from paying any attention to the FEI World Cup, both on television and in the following day’s newspapers. The matter will be discussed with representatives of the organisers before the FEI Dressage Committee formulates its point of view and develops a strategy to deal with this issue.

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WORLD CUP DRIVING 2001 – 2002

by Max E. Ammann, World Cup Director Driving

Successful first season of the FEI World Cup Driving

Your Royal Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen, The creation of an Indoor World Cup for Four-in-Hand Drivers was proposed in the report by the Ad Hoc Driving Think Tank, presented to the FEI Driving Forum in August 2000 in Wolfsburg (GER). By November of the same year the first draft of the rules was written and in February 2001 a meeting of the potential organisers took place in Bordeaux (FRA). At the FEI General Assembly in San Francisco, CA (USA), in April 2001, the Driving World Cup was accepted. The first season 2001 / 2002 of the World Cup Driving comprised eight competitions: Stuttgart, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Mechelen, Bordeaux, Dortmund, ‘s-Hertogenbosch and Göteborg. In addition Vigo, held the week after Bordeaux, organised a Driving competitions according to the new World Cup Rules. Vigo is candidate to join the World Cup in the 2002 / 2003 season. The Top Driver Award of 2001 served as qualifier for the World Cup. Because of the outbreak of the Foot and Mouth disease only six CAI’s could be held during the summer of 2001. The Top Ten Drivers in the final standings qualified for the World Cup in such a way, that each of the ten could select four indoor World Cup events in which he wanted to compete. This meant five top Drivers at each event. A sixth driver comes from the organising country of the particular World Cup event. The World Cup Competitions proved to be highly popular with the audiences and it can be expected that the attraction of indoor driving will even increase in the years to come.

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REPORT OF THE SAMSUNG NATIONS CUP SERIES

by Mr Ulf Rosengren, Director Samsung Nations Cup Series

Your Royal Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen, With the fifth season of the Samsung Nations Cup Series behind us and with the first events of the sixth season already over, the Series continues to go from strength to strength. The highlight of the 2001 Samsung Nations Cup Series was, as always, the World Final, which was held at Club de Campo in Madrid (ESP) on 23rd September. The Organising Committee did a very god job in hosting the 2001 World Final. During the preparations for the Final a number of problems needed to be resolved but once the event began everything ran very smoothly and all co-operated in the best possible way. The date chosen for the Final caused a certain amount of difficulty as it coincided with other events, resulting in two qualified teams - Ireland and Switzerland - not participating. As sponsor, this was certainly disappointing for Samsung, as well as the Organising Committee and for the sport in general. An additional obstacle was the difficulty caused by the terrorist attack in New York on September 11 in getting an American team to attend. Due to considerable efforts from different parties it was possible to have a team of three American riders based in Europe participate in Madrid. Consequently, the sport could triumph over the obvious turmoil resulting from the September 11 attacks. The most memorable moment, in my view, was when the national anthems played during the parade before the competition commenced. All present were proud to be part of the sport and that the sport could continue in view of all the problems at the time. In spite of these circumstances, excellent sport could be enjoyed at Club de Campo by the spectators present and by TV viewers. From the sponsor’s point of view, and following much preparation, the event was a success. The press conference, as well as the hospitality and the Gala Dinner worked out very well. In 2001 the difference between both formulas, that it, the format used for the three-star Nations Cup competitions and the four-star competitions continued in a successful way. This was as a result of a compromise, which was reached two years ago, in order to resolve differences of opinion among those involved. Although it is not an ideal situation to have different rules for both the three-star and the four-star competitions, the formula worked rather well in practise and the acceptance of the three-rider format, with no drop score, continued to gain much support among riders and chefs d’équipe during the course of the year. Once again we now look forward with considerable confidence to the sixth season and above all to the World Final in Donaueschingen (GER).

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JUDICIAL COMMITTEE - REPORT

by

Mr Ken Lalo (ISR), Chairman During 2001 the Judicial Committee has dealt with the vast majority of the cases by correspondence. Throughout 2001 only one 1-day meeting was held. During this meeting the Judicial Committee has met the members of the Medication Sub-Committee and reviewed with them certain principle issues as well as the new testing procedures of medication control of horses. The Judicial Committee has also utilized the meeting in order to meet with the Honorary Medical Advisor and Chair of the Ad Hoc Medical Committee, Dr. John Lloyd Parry, and review the legal framework of the anti-dope testing of riders. With the change of the Central Medication Control Program (MCP) Laboratory (LAB, France), new substances as well as “cocktails” are reported. The increase in the number of cases is attributable to this change of laboratories. There is also a decrease in the number of cases dropped due to deficiencies in the testing procedures, which is an indication of the improved testing process. The number of appeals to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decreased. This year there was a large increase in the number of Phenylbutazone (PBZ) cases. This increase is apparently attributable to testing outside the MCP area and at events where education of competitors is still lacking. The majority of cases both this year and in previous years are attributable to negligence and no deliberate attempt to affect performance is involved. Many cases involve legitimate treatments prior to events, which have not been declared, negligence in stable management, lack of awareness and contamination cases. Repeat offenders are virtually non-existent. Medication control of horses should be viewed as part of a broader policy that has as its main aims two distinct concerns: - Guarding against abuse and ill treatment of horses (e.g. aggressive riding;

using unauthorized equipment; using abusive schooling methods; misusing bandages or brushing boots; using prohibited substances).

- Ensuring “fair play” (i.e. punish competitors who; ignore officials, use unauthorized schooling methods or equipment, compete while using equipment which is not allowed, fail to declare us of prohibited substances or emergency treatments).

The Committee will utilize next year’s rules revisions to propose a system that would allow, on the one hand, quick administrative handling of the typical negligence cases and, on the other hand, a more involved system of dealing with the serious cases of “bad” behavior and abuse cases. Serious cases should be addressed carefully by the FEI since they may tint the FEI’s unique record as a sport involving the highest standards of fairness. Efforts should continue to better educate competitors and officials, to improve detection methods and to concentrate resources on the prosecution of the few cases in which deliberate actions are suspected (including abuse and misbehavior cases)

MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ANNEX XV Rabat (MAR), 26-27 April 2002 Page 50 and in penalizing offenders who try to receive an illegitimate advantage in competitions. In regard to the abuse cases, the rules have been modified and the definition is very broad. However, punishment requires a positive finding supported by evidence. Officials should be educated in appropriate easily followed procedures of obtaining and presenting such evidence in order to enable relevant cases to be appropriately processed by the Judicial Committee. The Judicial Committee has met with the Honorary Medical Advisor and Chair of the Ad Hoc Medical Committee, Dr. John Lloyd Parry to discuss matters relating to testing of riders. It was agreed that recommendations to NFs regarding anti-doping procedures could be made and that communication should be established between the Medical Advisor and counterparts at the NFs in order to harmonise policy and collect relevant data. In order to establish required procedures to deal with anti-doping the Judicial Committee requested the Medical Advisor to: a. Review the list of Prohibited Substances and advise which should be of

particular concern to the equestrian sports. b. Prepare a substance guide to assist the Judicial Committee. This would also

enable the Judicial Committee to finalize its guidelines for penalties, which the Committee is in the process of completing.

c. Establish procedures to disclose and authorize the use of certain medical substances and treatments.

I would like to thank the Legal Department and primarily the Legal Manager, Mary Parker Hunter, as well as Julie Indermühle, for dealing efficiently and effectively with the heavy caseload. I also wish to thank the Veterinary Committee and the Veterinary Department for their close cooperation and assistance.

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1. OPEN FORUM 1.1. BUSINESS PLAN FOR TOP SPORT

The Forum was opened by the FEI 1st Vice-President. He welcomed all the participants and introduced the Chairman of the FEI Strategic Planning Committee (SPC), Dr Hanfried Haring, and the Chairman of the Working Group who produced the Business Plan, Mr Simon Brooks Ward (GBR).

The Chairman of the SPC began by explaining that following the publication and acceptance of the Strategic Plan two years earlier it had become clear that a more commercial approach was necessary. The SPC had decided to put together a working group to be chaired by Mr Simon Brooks Ward to produce the basis for a “Business Plan for the Top Sport” of the FEI. The working group had included members of the SPC as well as invaluable help from the Secretary General of the NED NF, Mr George de Jong, Mr Haakan Leeman of the marketing agents Thue and Selvaag and the FEI Treasurer. He emphasised that this was a plan for the “TOP Sport” and not for the general management of the FEI.

Mr Brooks Ward then gave his presentation (see Executive Summary, Annex XVIII).

Following the presentation the Chairman of the SPC explained that the Plan had been accepted by the Executive Board and the Bureau and now was an opportunity for the delegates to have an input.

The FEI President asked how much time was there for the NFs to contribute to the Plan. The Chairman of the SPC responded by inviting contributions at any time.

The Secretary General of the GBR NF, Mr Andrew Finding, stated that it seemed a very complex proposal with many departments responsible for each product, and whilst he fully supported the need for a more commercial approach he was concerned that the NFs did not seem to be involved.

Mr Brooks Ward explained that it was not the intention to have multiple departments or companies but that FEI Sport would be a constant in all the products, with different partners depending on the product and including the NFs. He also mentioned that as FEI Sport would be the commercial arm of the FEI, it would in effect be owned by the NFs.

Mr Gerrit-Jan Swinkels (NED), representing the IEOA, congratulated the working group on the plan but asked was the manpower available to put it into practice. The Chairman of the SPC replied that the FEI Secretariat had been asked to investigate this issue and would report back in due course.

Mr Manoj Jalan, delegate from IND NF, asked had a study been done on the global aspects of equestrian sport, to establish the position of the sport in relation to others. Mr Brooks Ward replied that no global study had been done, however an overview had been taken and that one of the next steps was to address this issue.


The Honorary Vice President, Count Dieter Landsberg Velen (GER), expressed concern that the NFs were not mentioned and how can the structure and execution be simply explained. Mr Brooks Ward explained that the Plan was based on inclusiveness and that NFs were involved at the top through their ownership of the FEI and at the bottom as partners in the various products. He went on to say that the structure was in fact relatively simple and he felt that the implementation was not a major problem.

The President of the POR NF complemented the Plan and asked that the full details be available to the NFs. He also said that his NF fully supported the Plan and that he hoped that it would be implemented as quickly as possible.

The President of the USA NF, Mr Alan Balch, suggested that the Plan turned the FEI from a regulatory body into a marketing body, and whilst he had no objection to this he felt it should be clear as the sports mentioned in the Plan were not part of the Olympic Programme. The Chairman of the SPC disagreed and said that in his opinion the Plan related only to the top sport and that many Olympic sports had also become commercial and indeed the most commercial sports organisation was the IOC.

The Chairman of the FEI Veterinary Committee questioned the setting up of a company or a new division. He felt that either option could be expensive and difficult to resource. The Chairman of the SPC explained that both situations would be investigated and that both were possible. Mr Brooks Ward agreed that both were possible but that the new structure must be entrepreneurial with risk and reward.

The President of the NZL NF, Sir Ron Trotter, agreed with the Plan but said that the separation of powers must be clearly laid out and that both the commercial and non commercial areas clearly understood.

The Head of the FEI Veterinary Department, Dr Frits Sluyter, asked was there a danger in Equestrian Sport becoming a Western European product rather than global if only commercial criteria were used? Mr Brooks Ward said that by creating a major product in Western Europe and growing the sport and consequently the finances then the resources were available to develop all levels globally.

Andrew Finding (GBR) asked what were the consequences of doing nothing. Mr Brooks Ward replied that others would do it and that there was now a great opportunity and it should be grasped and developed.

The Chairman of the SPC then closed the meeting by saying that it was clear that there were many common denominators in the views of all concerned and that now was the chance to go forward. He thanked all the participants for their input and asked that they continue this by contacting him or the Secretariat with any views they might have.

1.2. WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES (WEG)

The Secretary General opened the topic by presenting the pros and cons of the World Equestrian Games format (see Annex XVIII). Following his presentation


there was general agreement that subject to suitable candidates the Games should continue.

The bidders then made presentations for the 2006 WEG.

The first to present was the Kentucky bid, which was introduced by the President of the USA NF, Mr Alan Balch, and given by Mr John Nicholson of the Kentucky Horse Park. The presentation focused on the suitability of the venue to host the WEG and particular reference was made to the Piroplasmosis problem, which Mr Nicholson was confidant could be resolved before the Games.

Mr Frank Kemperman and Mr Michael Mronz gave a detailed presentation on behalf of the Aachen (GER) bid. They outlined the major development program that was in process at the venue and the fact that Aachen was situated in an area of huge population and was extremely accessible.

The Secretary General closed the Forum by thanking all the participants for their contributions.

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FEI SPORT

A Business Plan for the 21st Century

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.0 INTRODUCTION The Strategic Planning Committee (SPC) has recognised that in other successful sports there has been a commercial imperative which has, in turn, provided a solid financial base from which to develop the sport still further. This Executive Summary is a précis of the Plan which is available through the FEI. The basis of this Report is to be

• Inclusive of all Parties • Shared Responsibility and Initiative • Forward Looking and Bold

2.0 OBJECTIVE The SPC has one clear objective:

For Horse Sport to become a Top Ten Global Sport within the next ten years

3.0 THE OPPORTUNITY & NEED FOR CHANGE

3.1 Internal Initiatives; from Organisers, Riders, Sponsors and Owners has all led to confused messages and little commercial opportunity.

3.2 Western Europe Polarisation: Although the sport is global the centre of gravity/influence is mostly European – Dressage (Germany, Netherlands), Show Jumping (Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland) Eventing (Great Britain)

3.3 Amateur Ethos: Few professional organisers, more money in the Lorry Park and not the event and ‘indulgent parents’ mean that we are perceived as an amateur, inaccessible, sport by business.

All these combined lead to a sense of inertia and lack of enterprise. And yet….

3.4 Rugby; was in the same cycle 12 years ago and like Golf, Motor Racing and Tennis learnt that a cohesive approach to commercialism leads to a momentum that benefits grass roots as well as the top flight of sport. From an income of £3.3 million in 1987, they grew to £70 million in 1999.

4.0 COMMON GROUND There has been much thought from various ‘influencers’ over the past 4 years. The FEI, National Federations, Organisers, Riders, Sponsors and Owners have all contributed to this plan by agreeing on the following needs:

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• Creation of a Business/Division to run the Commercial aspects • Creation of a Brand Identity • Developing Top Equestrian Products to feed the entire sport • Building the image of the Horse/Rider

5.0 CALENDAR The Calendar is based on an open market principle and not on a comprehensive plan that fires the imagination and drives income into sport. Too often ‘one-off’ specials are allowed to swallow another event that is part of the Top Product Series. Greater control is required before business takes us seriously. 6.0 FEI SPORT MISSION FEI Sport should provide:

• The business framework from which new concepts, commercial programmes and exposure should flow

• The basis from which Horse Sport is recognised as corporately friendly and visionary

• The image of an intelligent, go-ahead, attractive sport that combines tradition with modern approaches

It should not:

• Lose sight that the sport surrounds the horse and its welfare • Compromise the values of horse sport

7.0 FEI SPORT STRUCTURE The bedrock of the structure is to recognise that the FEI will retain the rights and overall control, thereby protecting the sport from itself. Assigning these rights to FEI Sport for fees or commercial purposes within the structure will ensure that the mistakes of the past, and perhaps the future, will have been erased. Responsibilities need to be divided as follows, to allow FEI Sport to develop Top Products:

7.1 FEI; would still be responsible for Rules, Welfare, NF Development, Finance, Judiciary and Veterinary Matters

7.2 FEI Sport; would be assigned the rights for pre-determined properties from the FEI, such as the World Cup, and would exploit them commercially by being responsible for Calendar Protection, Appointment of Venues, Commercial Programme, Series Formats, Partner Generation, Brand Identity and Contracts

MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ANNEX XVIII Rabat (MAR), 26-27 April 2002 Page 64 8.0 FEI MANAGEMENT There will have to be an element of re-structuring within the FEI to accommodate FEI Sport along business lines. There are four strands in the Division:

8.1 Sales & Marketing; provides Commercial Programme, Brand Identity, Public Relations, Sponsorship, TV Sales.

8.2 Event Organisation; provides Event Evaluation, Organiser Guidelines, Rider Liaison, Standardisation.

8.3 Administration; provides links with all departments ensuring Deadlines Met, Legal Frameworks, Liaison with NFs/IJRC/IEOA, Contract Monitoring,

8.4 Finance; provides Management Accounts, FEI Reporting, Budget Control.

9.0 FEI DIVISION The FEI Division is there to develop Top Products within Horse Sport and centres on the following precepts:

• Control of Rights • Inclusiveness • Commercialisation • Opportunity

The Top Product can be defined … “A Championships or Series that is owned by the FEI or IOC that has inherent potential value and is able to be commercially developed by FEI Sport”

9.1 Top Product Set-Up; Each Top Product is assigned the Rights for that product by the FEI. Each product, in turn, has its own structure and partners within it.

9.2 Income; is derived by exploiting the Rights. The Rights are made accessible by including Partners who either have a share of those Rights or who have a vested interested in making them work.

9.3 Term; should be for a finite period so that the assignees are under no illusion that the award of Rights is forever. This also demonstrates that there is a culture of opportunity and enterprise for others within the system.

9.4 Rewards; It is important that Partners within the Top Product have incentives so that they are encouraged to work harder and to adopt a more corporate approach.

9.5 End of Term; If a Partner is not re-engaged at the end of the Term then the value of that partnership is either paid out by FEI Sport or bought into by the incoming Partner.

The Rights assigned for commercialisation should represent a minority of the Rights interest, with the majority still retained by the FEI.

MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ANNEX XVIII Rabat (MAR), 26-27 April 2002 Page 65 10.0 FEI SPORT TOP PRODUCTS As an illustration only, Show Jumping has been picked to give an example. A similar model could be prepared for other disciplines. In Show Jumping the following could be assigned to FEI Sport;

• Championships • World Cup • Nations Cups • A New Idea

The New Idea could be an organisation that wishes to be a Partner of FEI Sport and wishes to develop a new series in co-operation with the FEI This will encourage income as well allowing for new initiatives that are controlled. As an example within show jumping the FEI World Cup could be set up as follows:

10.1 Competition Set-Up; To discourage polarisation would be difficult but FEI Sport would need to adopt a strict Calendar Policy, make it TV Friendly, present it with Clarity, to achieve maximum Rider Commitment and to award World Cup Status on strict criteria.

10.2 Roles and Responsibilities: FEI to assign FEI Sport the Rights and FEI Sport to provide the framework for the commercialisation of the Sport.

10.3 Partners; To ensure that Rights and IPR is not an issue the Partners in the Series could include, Organisers, Riders, NFs and Sponsor/Promoter

10.4 Board; Headed by FEI Sport but with a wide range of Non- Executives.

In Summary…. The FEI has a real opportunity to make a difference and to increase the impact and globalisation of Horse Sport. To do nothing is to admit defeat, to do something RIGHT NOW is to lead Horse Sport into the 21st century ….. and not to let others do it for us.

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DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP Rabat (MAR), 2002 General Assembly

Mr Freddy Serpieri, FEI 1st Vice President, welcomed all participants to the Workshop. He explained that the purpose of this workshop was to profit from the experience acquired over the last few years and to come to an agreement on how to proceed over the next three years. The 1st Vice President stressed that a developing NF is different in each region. There is no common solution for all but there is a certain philosophy that we should apply in our efforts to develop the sport. The 1st Vice President introduced three speakers who had all been involved in FEI development programs and who explained how they have managed the process in their areas. Presentation of Three Development Experiences Three Speakers were introduced and shared information on the development experiences in Jamaica, India and South America: Betty Wates (JAM) has ridden all her life and has been a Member of the Jamaican NF for many years. She has been President, Vice-President, Trainer and National Coach for the Jamaican NF. Mrs Wates explained the entire history of the development of equestrian sport in Jamaica from Jamica's Independence in 1996 till today. Reminding us that Jamaica is an island, she explained the weaknesses and strong points of their experience and that the goal was only partly achieved and not necessarily in the manner that they had hoped. She insisted that “development goals must be attainable”. However, they now have their sights set on the Central American and Caribbean Games 2002. Manoj Jalan (IND) is the Technical Vice-President of the Indian Equestrian Federation. He is the first civilian to hold this honour. He has ridden for many years and has spearheaded the development of International Tent Pegging as well as the traditional Equestrian sports in India. Mr Jalan made a presentation on the long term coaching project in collaboration with the FEI, which started at the GA in Doha (QAT). This project has continued with efforts concentrating on riders coaching and has carried on to prepare and equip the Indian Team for future international competitions with the Asian Games 2002 as a first and very important step. General Manuel Rodriguez Velis (CHI) has been a Bureau Member for 12 years. He has been a distinguished rider, International Judge and Jumping Coach. He is involved in development programmes in Jumping in Paraguay and Bolivia. He has also translated the FEI Jumping Rules into Spanish. Gen. Rodriguez made a presentation based on his experience as Chairman of FEI Group VI. The 5 steps of the development in Group IV were: 1) To establish the Group’s mission and main goals. 2) A brief history of the Group in the last four years. 3) The analysis of strengths and weaknesses of Group VI in order to determine its development. 4) The plan to achieve the main goal; possible tasks for the Group. 5) Results obtained.

MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ANNEX XIX Rabat (MAR), 26-27 April 2002 Page 67 Open Discussion An open discussion followed the presentations and the following questions and comments were raised: Dr Frits Sluyter, Manager FEI Veterinary Department, pointed out that before thinking of organising an International Competition, NFs should pay attention to the veterinary aspects, FEI passports, etc. Irina Musiyenko, President of the UKR NF, explained that her country made the first step in developing equestrian sport. She felt that the experiences of India and Group VI should be combined. Jonquil Solt, Chairman of IPEC (International Paralympic Equestrian Committee), explained that IPEC is there to help. It provides the framework, goals, contacts, guidance in teaching and training for International competitions. Guilherme Sarmento (BRA), FEI Treasurer, expressed his concern that FEI should avoid importing trainers from Europe and use trainers from the region concerned. There are very good trainers in South America too. Further to Mr Sarmento’s remark, Michael Stone, FEI Assistant Secretary General, explained that a group of FEI Accredited Trainers exists in Europe. The FEI is willing to extend this group abroad. Wayne Roycroft (AUS), Chairman of FEI Eventing Committee, stressed that NFs should help each other. It should be also the responsibility of strong NFs to help developing NFs. Chester Hryniewicz (PUR), Delegate from Puerto Rico, stressed that the opportunity should be given to NFs to take advantage of the presence of FEI Officials acting at events to organise courses/seminars for Judges, Course Designers, etc. Alison Elliot, President BAR NF pointed out that in addition to the Olympic Solidarity and FEI Development Technical courses and the Challenge, NFs need on-going training. Trina Delisser (JAM) President JAM NF emphasized that a college-type programme for riders’ training in Europe could be of great help to developing NFs. Conclusion The FEI 1st Vice President stressed NFs to come to the FEI for any assistance. He concluded in giving an award from PSI (FEI World Jumping and Dressage Challenge Sponsor) to the best Organiser of a Jumping and Dressage Challenge event. Zambia received the award for the best organised show in Jumping and Jamaica, the award for the best organised show in Dressage. Copies of the three presentations are available upon request at the FEI Secretariat.

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

AIEOC Association of International Equestrian Officials Club AIDEO Association of International Dressage Event Organisers AJO Association of Jumping Organisers AOCAI Alliance of Organisers Concours Attelage International AOCCI Alliance of Organisers Concours Complet International AQHA American Quarter Horse Association ASOIF Association of Summer Olympic International Federations ATHOC Athens Olympic Games Organising Committee EBU European Broadcasting Union ELDRIC Endurance & Long Distance Rides International Committee EPPA European Public Policy Advisors EQUIS Equestrian Information System EU European Union FEA Fédération Equestre Africaine FMD Foot and Mouth Disease GA General Assembly GAISF General Association of International Sports Federations GR General Regulations IAEJ International Alliance of Equestrian Journalists ID Identity IDJC International Dressage Judges Club IDRC International Dressage Riders Club IDTC International Dressage Trainers Club IEOA International Equestrian Organisers Alliance IF International Federation IJRC International Jumping Riders Club ILPH International League for Protection of Horses IOC International Olympic Committee IOE/OIE International Office of Epizootics IPEC International Paralympic Equestrian Committee MCP Medical Control Program NF National Federation NOC National Olympic Committee NRHA National Reining Horse Association (USA) OC Organising Committee PAEC Pan American Equestrian Confederation PERA Professional Event Riders Association PASO Pan American Sports Organisation SPC Strategic Planning Committee UFECA Union of Equestrian Federations on the African Continent VR Veterinary Regulations WADA World Anti Doping Agency WEG World Equestrian Games WEVA World Equine Veterinary Association

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