The FEI's legal assessment of rollkur – which is not banned under FEI rules – seems at odds with the stance of its sport departments.
Equine Welfare
The International Jumping Riders Club proposed some important revisions; here is a summary of their suggestions, and the FEI's response.
USEF announced the FEI Tribunal decision regarding the dressage rider for violating horse welfare principles off showgrounds.
FEI draft rules for 2026 take a stronger approach to sanctions, but there are still mixed messages over how seriously the FEI will handle horse abuse.
A new project conceived and launched by Gayle Ecker and Dr. Shane Bateman is teaching vets to recognize and report equine cruelty.
The new Code of Conduct updates the definition of equine distress, includes horse overuse in competition and recognition of horses as sentient beings.
A video captured a couple of years ago surfaced showing the Australian dressage and eventing rider repeatedly whipping a horse.
The annual World Horse Welfare survey about public acceptance of horse sport shows that few people think all sport horses live good lives.
World-renowned scientists tell the FEI that harm to sport horses is hiding in plain sight, giving no reason to delay reforms.
Danish MEP Niels Fuglsang doesn't believe the FEI is up to the task of enforcing adequate reforms; he also calls for a ban on double bridles.
