The FEI Tribunal has re-stated that feeding supplements is intrinsically “negligent” because of the risk of contamination and prohibited substances.

Top US eventer Hannah-Sue Burnett and two other riders were provisionally suspended by the FEI on December 21 after testing positive to prohibited stimulants. All three tested positive to Amfetamine at the Ocala Jockey Club International 3-Day Event in Florida last month, where the CIC3* was won by Burnett and Harbor Pilot, owned by Jacqueline […]

Mark Samuel of Mississauga, ON, was unanimously elected as 2nd vice-president of the FEI at the General Assembly in Montevideo (URU).

The FEI Tribunal has issued its Final Decision on a banned substance case. Samples from Luke Skywalker 46 ridden by Paige Johnson tested positive Pramoxine.

The FEI Tribunal has lifted the provisional suspensions of 11 athletes – two Jumping, two Dressage and seven Endurance – and three Endurance trainers.

The FEI Tribunal has this week published decisions in three Endurance cases in the United Arab Emirates involving Dr Hallvard Sommerseth, Abdul Aziz Sheikh and Ali Mohammed Al Muhairi. Dr Hallvard Sommerseth, former Head of the Veterinary Department at the United Arab Emirates Equestrian Federation (EEF), has been suspended as an FEI Official for a […]

The FEI Tribunal has issued its Final Decision in the case involving Jumping athlete Pablo Barrios (VEN). Barrios was selected for in-competition testing at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz (MEX) on November 29, 2014. Analysis of the urine sample at a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)-accredited laboratory revealed the presence of Hydrochlorothiazide, a […]

Swiss show jumpers Steve Guerdat and Alessandra Bichsel have been acquitted by the FEI Tribunal of wrongful or negligent behaviour concerning anti-doping proceedings initiated against them earlier this year. Both horses returned positive for the banned substances Codeine and Oripavine, and the controlled medication substance Morphine, following the CSIO5* at La Baule in France, in […]

The FEI Tribunal has issued its Final Decision in the case involving Sheikha Najla Bint Salman Al Khalifa (FEI ID 10018633/BRN) and the horse Salahdin Du Lauragais (FEI ID 103GE90/BRN). Samples taken from the horse at the CEIO2* 120 in Verona San Martino Buon Albergo (ITA) on 26 July 2014 returned positive for the Banned […]

The FEI Tribunal has maintained the two-month provisional suspensions on the three Swiss jumping horses Nino des Buissonnets (FEI ID FRA45550) and Nasa (FEI ID FRA45675), ridden by Steve Guerdat (SUI), and Charivari KG (FEI ID 102ZB26), ridden by Alessandra Bichsel (SUI). Two-month provisional suspensions were imposed on the horses on 20 July after they […]