Equestrian Australia is under fire for not considering the consequences for its Olympic teams when going into voluntary administration last month.

Sport Australia pulls funding after declaring that the governance style of Equestrian Australia ‘falls well short of acceptable standards.’

The FEI has said it is not planning to mandate vaccination against the fatal Hendra virus, following outcry in Australia over the past two weeks. The rare but zoonotic (spreads between animals and humans) Hendra is a hugely divisive topic in Australia. Some horse owners say they would stop competing rather than vaccinate, even if […]

Australian 4* eventing rider Callum Buczak has become the first person to be provisionally suspended while criminal proceedings are ongoing for alleged sexual abuse under the FEI’s new safeguarding procedures. Buczak, 28, was charged in August with rape. Initially the national federation, Equestrian Australia, declined to suspend him while the case was ongoing in the […]

The final week of the inquest into the deaths of Australian event riders Olivia Inglis and Caitlyn Fischer had moments of high emotion and confrontation.