A number of NFs voted against the changes which allow horses to continue to compete in cases of blood only after a mandatory fitness-to-compete check.
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Horses may continue competing despite visible blood as long as they are deemed 'fit to compete' after the fact.
The International Society for Equitation Science calls the proposed rule change 'a retrograde step for horse welfare.'
The International Jumping Riders Club addresses some key rule changes, including the blood rule, prize money and technology.
Diane Creech and her mount were improperly eliminated from the competition as a result of an incorrect interpretation of FEI blood rules.
Stronger use of the yellow warning card for whip misuse and repeat blood offenders has been proposed by the FEI eventing committee .
US eventer Marilyn Little has been dropped by two sponsors amid social media outrage over the latest blood-in-mouth incident involving her horses.
