The FEI’s Equestrian Community Integrity Unit is to investigate allegations that the carcass of Ajayeb “disappeared” from the world endurance venue at Samorin before she finally ended up at a pathology lab. The mare, competing for the UAE, was euthanized last Saturday after breaking her leg. But allegations have surfaced that she was found dumped […]

The FEI is proud to announce that all human and equine samples taken during the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games have returned negative, making for back-to-back clean Paralympic games for para-equestrian sport, from both London 2012 and Rio 2016. This follows the recent announcement by the FEI of back-to-back clean Olympic Games for the Rio 2016 […]

There were plenty of surprises in the first round of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2016 Final at the Real Club de Polo in Barcelona (ESP) today when Belgium, Germany and USA shared top spot on a zero score and the newly-crowned Olympic champions from France disappeared from the reckoning. Only eight of the […]

The second competition in the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping Final, the Longines Challenge Cup for teams placed ninth to 18th after Thursday’s opening round at the Real Club de Polo in Barcelona (ESP), was cancelled tonight due to adverse weather conditions. A major thunderstorm and torrential rain made conditions impossible and, with the safety […]

Four of six Dutch horses offered for sale by the Showjumping Fund of the Netherlands (SFN) in an online auction have been sold. Surprisingly, the highest-profile horse of the lot, SFN Zenith N.O.P., ridden to seventh place individually at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games by Jeroen Dubbeldam, was not one of them. SFN did not […]

French riders are on a roll following their triumph at the Rio 2016 Olympics and have now won their first FEI Nations Cup™ Eventing leg this season with a victory in a close competition at the new northern Italian venue of Vairano (Sept 16-18). This was the first leg that Great Britain, currently the series […]

It has been announced that the European Commission is set to adopt stricter regulations on the import of horsemeat from non-EU countries.

Jorge Bernhard, has filed against Shandiss McDonald The suit involves the 14-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding Rockfield Grant Juan (“Juan”),

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is undertaking a review of animal transportation regulations for the first time in 30 years. Changes have been drafted, but Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food has yet to bring them forward for public comment. In the meantime, you can take action alongside over 5,000 other Canadians to make […]

On September 12, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) was notified of a positive test result for West Nile Virus (WNV) in a horse from the Toronto area. The horse displayed signs of fever, muscle tremors, gait abnormalities (ataxia) and weakness. The horse is recovering under veterinary medical supervision. Veterinarians in […]