Frangible pins rule to be reviewed by FEI eventing committee
The FEI eventing committee is considering recommending that riders do not automatically receive 21 cross-country penalties for breaking a frangible pin.
Last week, riders petitioned the committee, calling for a change to the rule.
It is now considering an amendment, which suggests that penalties are only added if the ground jury feels that a horse would have fallen or stopped had the pin not broken.
If agreed, it will be put forward for consideration by the FEI bureau on 8 June.
This news story was first published in the current issue of H&H (24 May 2012)
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A self-confessed newshound, farmer’s daughter and journalist of many years' experience, Charlotte worked on regional papers before joining H&H in 2007. A regular rider, she visited Ireland in 2010 to investigate the fate of Irish horses through the recession, to much acclaim, and reported from the FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro in 2011. She left Horse & Hound in March 2013.