Governing bodies around the world are making big moves to improve eventing risk management whilst growing the sport but there are still some sobering facts such as the final statistic of 1 fatal fall every 14,369 starters
The numbers of starters and competitions continue to grow, horse falls are declining and recommendations for a 'medical return to play rule' made
The FEI Eventing Risk Management Steering Group held its first meeting at FEI headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland this week
The FEI has created an FEI Eventing Risk Management Working Group to be chaired by David O’Connor