The winning athlete of the FEI Classics™ 2016/2017 must be present at the prize giving ceremony in order to be awarded the prize money
The FEI Bureau held its in-person meeting in the Japanese capital Tokyo on 19th November ahead of the FEI General Assembly 2016, which takes place there on Tuesday 22 November.
The main decisions taken by the Bureau at this meeting are outlined here and a summary of the Eventing decisions can be found below
Eventing
The FEI Bureau was presented with the Eventing Committee proposal on evolving the FEI World Equestrian Games™ format to be more inclusive and set the level of the Cross country at the same level as for the Olympic Games to ensure that all athletes and horses qualify at the same level as the Championship.
Risk Management Steering Group
The FEI Bureau was updated on the Eventing Risk Management Steering Group, which has been set up to look at ways to minimise risk factors in Eventing. The Group will produce a list of recommendations for the FEI Eventing Committee by the end of February 2017.
A Risk Management summit will also be held in February including National Safety Officers (NSO), Course Designers, Technical Delegates, Athletes and Coaches).
Changes to FEI Eventing Series
The FEI Bureau also approved rule changes for the following series:
- FEI Classics™ 2016/2017: winning athlete must be present at the prize giving ceremony which takes place at the final event of the series in order to be awarded the prize money.
- FEI Nations Cup™ 2017: further to the additional events included in the series, the best eight results of the 10 legs in the series will be taken into account.
- Event Rider Masters (2017): allocation of wild cards per event in the series to Olympic gold medal winner or world champion during the last 10 years and,if not used, these wild cards will be utilised for developing nations; two further wild cards could also be distributed at the discretion of the Organising Committee; all combinations must have achieved the necessary qualification requirements.
- Tri Star Eventing Grand Slam (2017): as one less event will be organised in 2017,the £50,000 prize money will be awarded to the athlete winning 3 out of 4 events (instead of 3 out of 5 events in 2016).
- Africa Eventing Cup (2017): at least one official should be appointed by the FEI
FEI TV - FEI General Assembly livestream
The FEI General Assembly, at which voting on major FEI decisions and governance of the sport will take place, including the proposed new formats for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, will be livestreamed on FEI TV free of charge: www.feitv.org.
