Equestrian sport at critical juncture as dressage meets to address the sports future [Video]

The FEI is hosting a meeting of “in-depth discussions on addressing the challenges currently impacting the discipline of dressage”.

Stakeholders including riders, officials, trainers, organisers and veterinary experts, as well as national federations, will be invited to the meeting on 1 October. The FEI said the event “marks the beginning of a broader strategy to develop a comprehensive long-term strategy for dressage, to ensure the sustainability and growth of the discipline”.

H&H reported that a dressage forum would be held to tackle concerns in the sport. The FEI confirmed this after the Swedish equestrian federation’s horse welfare council and Gothenburg Horse Show co-hosted a meeting at the show (21–25 February) on horse welfare and social licence, at which the FEI was represented.

After the meeting, the Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Finnish federations wrote to the FEI asking for a dressage forum to be set up, adding: “After several notable cases where …